Sport climbing was introduced at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics as a single event with three segments. These segments tested athletes across three specialties: However, there was some controversy about ...

2021. Climbing is an Olympic sport for the first time, and the spotlight will introduce a massive audience to what can be a lonely pursuit. Coleman is one of the Team USA Olympians in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

From electrifying (and record-setting, more on that below) duels on the speed wall, to bouldering masterclasses, to nail-biting suspense on the lead wall, sport climbing checked all the boxes for a ...

Sports climbing also took to the main stage ... It joined the lineup of Olympic sports during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games held in 2021, with athletes taking to the waves at Tsurigasaki Beach ...

Sport climbing was one of this year's new events at the Olympics in Tokyo, along with skateboarding, surfing, freestyle BMX cycling, and 3-on-3 basketball. But the heat and humidity have become ...

Making its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, Sport Climbing takes the challenge of scaling steep ascents to a whole new level. Climbers need strength, flexibility and skill, and careful advance ...