Team France was in top form at the inaugural Boulder Mixed Team event organised by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) and USA Climbing in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

History is in the making as the inaugural class of climbing athletes get ready to take the stage at the Tokyo Olympic Games. With its preferred status as the Official Auto Belay Supplier to IFSC World Cup Competition, Perfect Descent has been named as Sole Auto Belay Supplier for the Tokyo 2020 Games. Look for the familiar black and gold lanyard of PD® Auto Belays on the Olympic Speed wall as the world’s top climbers duke it out to bring home the gold.

With a heartfelt post published on her Instagram profile, 28-year-old athlete Shauna Coxsey announced she will retire from Sport Climbing competitions right after the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Three original Olympic Channel series featuring Sport Climbing picked up awards at the 42nd annual Telly Awards and the 23rd annual Webby Awards.

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The final night of the IFSC Boulder and Speed World Cup closed in front of a roaring audience of 3,000-people, applauding the parade of the Sport Climbing Olympians that competed in in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, in the last two weekends.

The final competition day of the IFSC Boulder and Speed World Cup in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, opened this morning with the men’s and boulder’s semi-finals.

The IFSC Boulder and Speed World Cup in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, continued today at Industry SLC, where the women’s Boulder semi-final saw Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret – who didn’t compete at last week’s IFSC World Cup held in the US city – and Japan’s Miho Nonaka finish atop the ranking with 5 tops and 5 zones each.

Following on from an eventful first Speed World Cup of the 2021 season last night – in which not one, but two new men’s Speed World Records were set – today Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, welcomed a second Boulder World Cup within the space of two weeks.

The 2021 IFSC Speed World Cup season started in spectacular fashion in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, where in the span of a few hours, Indonesian climbers Veddriq Leonardo and Kiromal Katibin wrote a new page in the history book of Sport Climbing.

Announced, but not less astonishing: 20-year-old Speed climber Kiromal Katibin of Indonesia crushed the men’s Speed world record at the IFSC World Cup in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, stopping the clock at 5.258 seconds during today’s qualification round.