GoPro Mountain Games organizers and USA Climbing announced today that Olympic athletes have signed up to compete in the debut speed climbing competitions at this year’s event June 5-8. These new ...

With American Sam Watson setting a sport climbing world record at the 2024 Paris Olympics, US sports fans want to learn more about the event. What makes things a bit confusing is that the rules for ...

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 ...

The idea of speed climbing at the GoPro Mountain Games has been on the mind of USA Climbing Chief of Sport John Muse for years. But when he finally saw it come to life over the weekend, “it’s better ...

Lead climbing is one of a number of different types of climbing. This discipline of climbing can take place on rock, ice or indoor climbing walls. If you've been watching the Olympics sport climbing ...

Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture. American teenager Sam Watson set a new world record at the Olympics on Tuesday in the relatively new Olympic event of sport ...

PARIS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Poland's world-record holder Aleksandra Miroslaw won the women's speed climbing on Wednesday to claim her country's first gold medal at the Paris Games in the sport's Olympic ...

Speed sport climbing was offered at the Olympics for the first time during the Paris Games. Good thing for Team USA, as Sam Watson beat his own speed rock climbing world record—set back in April at ...

The phenomenal world record time of 4.75 seconds sees Watson claim the title of the fastest speed climber ever in an Olympic setting. This came on a temporary climbing wall, set up for the Paris ...