Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together. The Olympic motto recognises the unifying power of sport and the importance of solidarity, and whilst we cannot all be together at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, a series of online initiatives have been launched by Olympic Broadcasting Services to show our athletes support during the XXXII Olympiad.

The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is finally here and Sport Climbing is primed to make its long anticipated Olympic premiere from 3 to 6 August. A total of 40 climbers will step onto the Olympic stage for the first time in just a few days – here’s how to watch the action.

The delayed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 officially got under way today with an emotional Opening Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.

A delegation from the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), led by President Marco Scolaris, arrived in Tokyo this week, ahead of Sport Climbing’s historic Olympic debut from 3 to 6 August at the Aomi Urban Sports Park.

She is only 16 years old, and maybe she does not fully realise the meaning of those two short, yet important climbs, during the women’s Lead qualification of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup in Briançon, France: Doriane Mary Saramandif is the first athlete ever to represent Mauritius at an IFSC competition.

The fourth IFSC Lead World Cup of the 2021 season closed tonight at the Parc Des Sports in Briançon, France, where 5,000 Sport Climbing fans braved the rain and witnessed Stefano Ghisolfi’s and Eliska Adamovska’s golden moments.

The men’s and women’s Lead semi-finals of the IFSC World Cup in Briançon, France, set the stage for tomorrow night’s showdown: the last one before spotlights will turn on Tokyo, Japan, where the Games of the XXXII Olympiad will take place from 23 July to 8 August, and Sport Climbing is expected to make its long-awaited Olympic debut.

The men’s and women’s Lead qualification rounds kicked off under a bright, warm sun at the Parc Des Sport in Briançon, France, where the seventh IFSC World Cup of the 2021 season is currently taking place.

The last dance before the big dance: the IFSC World Cup in Briançon, France, will be the final competition of the 2021 Sport Climbing season before the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will officially open on 23 July, with the Opening Ceremony.

After making a stellar comeback in Innsbruck, Austria, following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the best paraclimbers in the world gathered once again in Briançon, France, where the second IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup of the 2021 season took place, today.

The final World Cup before Sport Climbing makes its Olympic debut takes place this weekend in Briançon, France. 140 athletes will compete for a place on the podium in Lead, and a further 83 athletes will participate in Paraclimbing.

The third Lead World Cup of the 2021 season concluded this evening in Chamonix, France, where Italy’s Laura Rogora and the United States’ Sean Bailey achieved first place in the women’s and men’s finals.