With less than 300 days remaining until the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, a homologation test for Sport Climbing took place this week (5-7th November) in Tokyo, Japan.
Honorary Member of the IFSC and Peace & Sport Forum Paola Gigliotti and Nouria Merah-Benida, Peace & Sport Champion for Peace and Olympic gold medallist (Sydney 2000, 1500 metres), travelled to Rome and Perugia, Italy, thanks to the IFSC’s...
IFSC Continental Councils came together last week, on 22nd and 24th October, to review their roles, prepare for the 2020 season, and discuss the IFSC Strategic Plan. Led by IFSC Secretary General Debbie Gawrych, Presidents of the Asian, European, Oceanian...
The first of a three-day meeting between the IFSC and the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (TOCOG) took place today in Tokyo, Japan. In the final countdown to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, IFSC President Marco Maria Scolaris,...
The IFSC is pleased to welcome Simona De Mari to the team as Bookkeeper. Reporting to IFSC Administration Director Francesca Jengo, Simona will be responsible for supporting the Administration Department with daily bookkeeping tasks and making travel...
The fast-paced IFSC Lead World Cup 2019 season completed half of the planned events in under one month before taking a break, leaving fans hanging to see how the season would end and who would find a spot on the final podium. The last three events...
The final IFSC World Cup competition of the year named two new gold medalists for the 2019 season, Jain KIM (KOR) and Hiroto SHIMIZU (JPN). Janja GARNBRET (SLO) and Tomoa NARASAKI (JPN) take the Combined Podium.
The final competition of the IFSC World Cup 2019 series is taking place this weekend in Inzai, Japan from 26 to 27th October. This year’s Lead World Cup champions will be crowned at the conclusion of the event and the momentous occasion is planned...
On Wednesday 23rd October, just days before the final IFSC World Cup of the 2019 Sport Climbing season, the IFSC Executive Board came together for their monthly teleconference to discuss the latest developments within the sport.
As of October 21, 2019, the maker of Perfect Descent Auto Belays, C3 Manufacturing has announced a voluntary recall associated with the retraction springs in certain Model 220 Perfect Descent Auto Belays.
For a blisteringly fast sport, the IFSC Speed World Cup 2019 season was drawn out over a span of seven months and across four continents, but the end was worth the wait.
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 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.