The Climbing World Cup is back, and heading to Chamonix, France, for what promises to be a thrilling weekend of competition climbing action. This weekend's round pits the world's best speed and lead ...

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After a lengthy six-month absence, the world's premier climbing competition is back. The IFSC Climbing World Cup returns tomorrow in Shaoxing, China, for the first leg of a year-long competition to ...

At the 2024 Paris Games, speed climbing will have an Olympic medal for the first time. During the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, speed climbing was part of the single sport climbing event that combined three ...

Two of the world's most accomplished mountain runners are planning to do something most would find unthinkable—race up and ...

Blink and you might miss Indian speed climber Deepu Mallesh scaling a wall five buses high in five seconds.Mallesh didn't win ...

Sam Watson beat his previous world record at the Paris Olympics, but it was not enough to get him his first Olympic gold medal. The 18-year-old Texan raced to the top of the wall in the men's speed ...

A complete overview of Olympic sport climbing with our guide on official regulations, scoring, and information on all three ...

Sport climbing involves three formats: bouldering, speed and lead. In the first discipline, athletes are tasked with climbing a nearly 5-meter wall -- without ropes -- under a time limit with as few ...

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