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 ...

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

When climbers from Chile to Canada showed up at the 2025 IFSC Pan American Cup in the Colombian city of Armenia, they didn’t expect to compete inside a high school gym. The event was the year’s most ...

Teenage climbers have their eyes on the prize before the second bouldering competition of a closely contested climbing World Cup. The fourth round of the 2025/26 IFSC World Cup kicks off tomorrow ...

Japanese climber Sorato Anraku will be crowned as the 2025 men's bouldering series world champion at the upcoming World Cup round in Innsbruck, Austria, after amassing an unassailable lead in this ...

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.

Most of us have seen enough basketball courts, lap pools, and race tracks to know how athletes are supposed to move on each surface. But what about a gravity-defying boulder? Having made its debut at ...

Both the men’s and women’s professional bouldering events shocked crowds in Vail at the annual GoPro Mountain Games on Saturday. Dillon Countryman, the 19-year-old underdog who surprised everyone with ...

On Sunday, Lincoln Woods welcomed rock climbing enthusiasts from across the city for the second-ever Rhode Island Ripper, a bouldering competition organized by the Ladies Climbing Coalition. Before ...

Four climbing prodigies are set to don the flag as the Philippine national climbing team competes at the week-long World Climbing Youth Championship, set to be held at the Rock Master Climbing Stadium ...