Gautron Lison L of France and Takeuchi Ai of Japan compete during the qualification of the women's speed of sport climbing at the Olympic Qualifier Series Budapest in Budapest, Hungary, June 21, 2024.

American teenager Sam Watson set a new world record at the Olympics on Tuesday in the relatively new Olympic event of sport climbing for speed, which sets two climbers against each other as they race ...

LE BOURGET, France — Aleksandra Miroslaw, a Polish sport climber with her hair pulled in a ponytail on Wednesday, blazed up the speed climbing wall and did more than win a gold medal. She officially ...

Aleksandra Mirosław was stood poised at the base of a 15-meter climbing wall, waiting for three pips of a buzzer to signal the start of her race. Six seconds later, she was an Olympic champion. And ...

Sport climbing has made its Olympic debut, giving the world a chance to see just how physically demanding it can be. A mix of speed, strength and agility, the sport has opened a few eyes through two ...

Here’s what you need to know about climbing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did climbing become an Olympic sport? Climbing debuted at the Tokyo Games of 2021. Prior to that, the sport first made it ...

My main memory of the Olympic Sport Climbing event in Toky0 2020 is that it was (a) confusing, and (b) a shambling mess. I came away feeling that the organizers’ incomprehensible decision to jam two ...

Indian teenager Joga Purty has qualified for the quarterfinals of the Asian Games women's speed climbing event, finishing ninth in the qualification round. The 19-year-old debutant recorded her best ...