In speed climbing, competitors race to the top of a 49-foot wall; and in lead climbing, competitors have six minutes to climb as high as they can on an increasingly complex wall.

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As an Olympic gold medalist and an ... sending ripples throughout the climbing community and attracted support from the likes of US rock climber Sasha DiGiulian. In her message, Garnbret spoke ...

Video: High hopes for Team GB star who built a rock face in her basement ahead of Tokyo Olympics - where climbing has become an event for the first time Olympic hopeful Shauna Coxsey shows off her ...

Climbers will be ranked by their overall scores. For more details on how the competition will work, check out our article on the Olympic competition format for sport climbing.

Sports climbing competitions are now officially an Olympic sport, climbing’s champions will take ... at Bardonecchia and immediately afterwards at Arco with its Rock Master) few were able to ...

Plans for an Olympic-grade climbing facility to train England's "stars of the future" are being drawn up. The Nene Park Trust wants to build a 30m (98ft) centre next to Gunwade Lake in Ferry ...

As Sport Climbing makes its second-ever appearance at the Olympic Games, we get to witness a new chapter in history as four climbers step out onto the mats to represent Great Britain. The Youth Ready ...

When an eight-year-old Toby Roberts joined an after-school rock climbing club, never in his wildest dreams could he imagine it would lead to the opportunity to win an Olympic gold medal.