The World Cup Returns to Japan to Crown Lead Season Champions
The busy World Cup season has finally reached its grand finale after months of following climbers across the globe.
Unbeatable Ondra and Seo
The Lead finals in Xiamen were tight with an unbelievable number of ties recorded at the end of the previous round. As the wall was not as steep as ones from prior competitions, the setters needed to be creative to challenge the climbers leading to...
Gold for China and a New World Record
The last Speed Climbing competition of 2019 went out with a bang, complete with freshly crowned season champions and a new world record.
IFSC Attends ANOC World Beach Games and ANOC General Assembly in Doha, Qatar
Following the first Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games from 12-16th October in Doha, Qatar, where Bouldering featured as one of 14 disciplines, the XXIV ANOC General Assembly took place at the Sheraton Grand Doha Resort...
IFSC Attends Tokyo 2020 Seminar at Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland
On October 14-15th 2019, the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (TOCOG) welcomed International Federations (IFs) representing sports set to feature in next year’s Olympic Games at the recently opened Olympic House in Lausanne,...
Penultimate Event of the 2019 IFSC World Cup Series to be Broadcast Internationally
The penultimate event of the 2019 IFSC World Cup series takes place in Xiamen, China this weekend, from 18-20th October. Featuring the final Speed World Cup of 2019 and the second-to-last round of the Lead events, the action in Xiamen is set to be...
ANOC World Beach Games Bouldering Finals to be Broadcast Live on the Olympic Channel
The inaugural ANOC World Beach Games kicked off in Doha, Qatar, this weekend, beginning on Saturday 12th October and running until Wednesday 16th. Bouldering is one of 14 sports featuring in the international beach multi-sport event, which is being...
The 2019 Climbing World Cup Season Nears the End
The IFSC Climbing World Cup returns to China for the third time this year with both speed and lead competitions taking place from October 18 to 20 in Xiamen.
IFSC Attends the ASOIF Governance Workshop in Lausanne, Switzerland
Summer and Winter Olympic International Federations (IFs) gathered in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 8th October, for the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Governance Workshop. IFSC President Marco Maria Scolaris and Francesca...
Great Britain’s Shauna Coxsey Elected VP of the IFSC Athletes’ Commission
Following the IFSC Climbing World Championships 2019 in Hachioji, Japan, the IFSC Athletes’ Commission (AC) saw the election of six (6) new members. Newly elected Shauna Coxsey (GBR) MBE has now been appointed as Vice President of the Commission, subsequent...
More Gold Medals for Seo and Ondra
The fourth event of the IFSC Lead World Cup 2019 took place in Kranj, Slovenia nearly two months after the previous event concluded to host newly crowned World Champions and begin to set competitors apart in the overall season rankings.
IFSC Executive Board Teleconference September 2019
The IFSC Executive Board came together this week for their monthly teleconference, one month after the first Sport Climbing athletes qualified for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 at the IFSC Climbing World Championships 2019 in Hachioji, Japan.
IFSC President Meets with IOC and FIG in Lausanne, Switzerland
Earlier this month, IFSC President Marco Maria Scolaris travelled to Lausanne, Switzerland, to meet with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) at the recently opened Olympic House.
IFSC Moves to New Headquarters
As Sport Climbing grows, so too must the IFSC. With a rapidly expanding team of presently 10 staff members, the IFSC has now outgrown its headquarters and so, will this week be relocating to a new and bigger office.
IFSC World Cup Kranj to Receive International Broadcasting Coverage
The IFSC Climbing World Cup continues this weekend, with the fourth instalment of the 2019 Lead series in Kranj, Slovenia. Thanks to a number of deals secured by the IFSC, along with the support of Broadreach Media and marketing agencies Synca/Dentsu,...
Kranj to Challenge World Champions
Over one month after the conclusion of the IFSC Climbing World Championships, the IFSC Lead World Cup 2019 season picks up again, this time with new world champions, Janja GARNBRET (SLO) and Adam ONDRA (CZE) looking to ride the momentum of their latest...
IFSC Says Goodbye to Former FIG President
Bruno Grandi, former President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), former International Olympic Committee (IOC) Member and friend of Sport Climbing, has sadly passed away at the age of 85.
A Year Later, a Story of Shared Success!
One year after the conclusion of the IFSC Climbing World Championships Innsbruck 2018 organised by the Austrian Climbing Federation, the competition, which earned four medals for the host country and saw over 60,000 spectators officially closes as...
Media Accreditation Deadline Announced for the ANOC World Beach Games 2019
A global multi-sport event, the ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 is scheduled to take place in Doha from 12-17th October 2019. Designed to connect new sports and rising stars with a youthful generation of sports fans, the Games are set to feature...
Take On the Tokyo 2020 Open Innovation Challenge
Tokyo 2020 has launched the "Open Innovation Challenge" in a partnership with Alibaba Cloud and Intel, and invites participants to develop prototypes using the latest Cloud and AI technologies to help enhance the spectator experience at sporting events,...
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