An intensive, fruitful seminar held at the IFSC Headquarters, today, saw the participation of the entire IFSC Staff, who officially resumed the preparation for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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.
The delayed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 officially got under way today with an emotional Opening Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.
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...
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...
Standing at the base of the Olympic climbing wall in Tokyo, President of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Marco Scolaris today convened a conference call with representatives of over 50 Member...
With Sport Climbing’s Olympic debut less than 24 hours away, the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) would like to clarify that the first men’s and women’s Speed Olympic records will officially be set at the end of the...
Who could steal the show and place on the Olympic podium? Forty athletes. 20 men and 20 women. From Sport Climbing veterans – such as 36-year-old Bassa Mawem,...
Today sees Sport Climbing take to the summer Olympic stage for the very first time in the history of the Olympic Games. The Aomi Urban Sports Park will welcome 20 climbers representing 15 National Olympic Committees...
For the very first time in history, Sport Climbing athletes today participated in an Olympic Games, as the sport made its long-anticipated debut at Tokyo 2020. A total of 20 climbers took to the Olympic walls within Tokyo’s Aomi Urban Sports...
Sport Climbing continues its debut Olympic appearance today, where 20 athletes are set to climb at Tokyo’s Aomi Urban Sports Park in the women’s Combined qualification event. Competing in all three Sport Climbing...
The women’s Combined qualification took place in Tokyo today, with Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret – the reigning Combined World Champion – taking the top spot and securing a place in Friday’s final, where she will be...
The quota for the final round of the men’s Combined event is set out in Art. 11.2 of the IFSC Rules.
Tokyo’s Aomi Urban Sports Park today saw the crowning of Sport Climbing’s first Olympic champion in history, where following the men’s Combined final, 18-year-old Alberto Ginés López of Spain claimed the Olympic gold...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and a delegation of IOC guests paid a visit to the Sport Climbing competition yesterday evening at the Aomi Urban Sports Park.
Sport Climbing saw its second set of Olympic medals in history awarded today, following the women’s Combined final in Tokyo’s Aomi Urban Sports Park. The unstoppable Janja Garnbret (22) of Slovenia climbed into first...
The Games of the XXXII Olympiad came to an end on Sunday, 8 August at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, where the Closing Ceremony formally marked the passing of the baton from the current to the next Summer...
A few weeks after Sport Climbing made its Olympic debut at