“Hearst Magazines and Verizon Media may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below.” Rock climbing (a.k.a. sport climbing) will make its debut at the Tokyo Olympic Games this ...

Poland's Aleksandra Miroslaw has broken her own speed climbing world record multiple times since the last Olympics. (Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY Sports) The second iteration of Olympic sport climbing ...

TOKYO – The gauntlet to gold at the debut of Olympic sports climbing requires athletes to work their way across a massive stage adorned with three different walls presenting three different challenges ...

The average person would look up at the Olympic lead climbing wall and see a random array of multi-colored shapes. The bouldering wall? Forget it. They'd have no idea what those crescents, triangles ...

If you're looking for something different in the upcoming schedule at the Olympics, one event that may catch your eye is sport climbing. This is the first year that sport climbing will compete in the ...

Reviewing sport climbing's biggest stories, replays, medal results, top athletes, and new records at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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 ...

Climbing’s standing as a niche sport has always been a part of its appeal. A rock wall can be a place of solitude or of camaraderie with a small group of fellow climbers. There are no crowds, just the ...

For the first time ever, climbers will compete for Olympic gold as sport climbing makes its Olympic debut at Tokyo's Aomi Urban Sports Park. It's a big deal for a sport with outdoor roots that has ...

As night descended on Tokyo, the climbing wall at the Aomi Urban Sports Park was bathed in light. It was there that Janja Garnbret became the first woman to win a gold medal in sport climbing at the ...

Aged 18, Alberto Ginés has just made two pieces of history at the Tokyo Olympics: he’s the first person to be crowned a gold medalist in sports climbing, as well as Spain’s youngest ever gold medal ...