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13 May 2019

The Penultimate Bouldering World Cup of 2019

After two back-to-back competitions in China, the IFSC Bouldering World Cup 2019 returns to Europe for the second to last Bouldering competition 2019 held in Munich, Germany from May 18-19. Munich is a fixture in the Bouldering series, regularly hosting...

13 May 2019

IFSC Mourns the Loss of Paraclimbing Champion

It is with a heavy heart that the IFSC announces the loss of Paraclimbing athlete Lorenzo Major (ITA), aged 47.

13 May 2019

IFSC President Attends SportAccord 2019 in the Gold Coast of Australia

The 17th edition of SportAccord, World Sport & Business Summit, concluded on Friday in the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. From May 5-10th, the convention saw 1,700 delegates from 830 Organisations, including 109 International Federations...

10 May 2019

IFSC Refreshes Website Design

Bringing comprehensive coverage of international Sport Climbing athletes, events and latest news to its stakeholders and fans worldwide, the IFSC website is getting a makeover on the climb to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.

04 May 2019

4 Bouldering Medals for Japan

The 2019 Wujiang Bouldering World Cup saw strong overall performances from the Japanese team, who claimed four of the total six podium places. The women’s competition was also highly anticipated featuring the return of Miho NONAKA (JPN) to the world...

03 May 2019

2 New Gold Medalists in Wujiang

Despite the early conditions on the wall appearing less than ideal, this weekend’s Speed World Cup in Wujiang, China was full of personal bests and surprising results. As the 2019 speed season progresses, climbers are speeding up with average times...

02 May 2019

World Cup Wujiang to be Watched Around the World

The Chinese segment of the IFSC World Cup Series continues this weekend with Bouldering and Speed events in Fenhu Wujiang, located in the Eastern province of Jiangsu, China. As with the first three events of the season the IFSC World Cup Wujiang will...

01 May 2019

Wujiang: Second Chinese stop

With Chongqing behind us we are looking forward to Wujiang, our second Chinese stop in the IFSC World Cup tour.

28 April 2019

Manuel CORNU Wins First Gold Medal

Without the competition of the 2 previous gold medalists in the Finals (ONDRA was sick and KRUDER failed to qualify for the semis), the outcome was entirely uncertain. Finishing at the top was the French Climber Manuel CORNU who took this opportunity...

27 April 2019

New Speed World Record by Gold Medalist

The only thing hotter than the temperature in Chongqing this weekend was the swiftness of the speed climbers. Closing out an incredible speed competition in this year’s 2019 Chongqing World Cup, we were lucky enough to see world class performances...

25 April 2019

IFSC World Cup Chongqing to be Broadcast in China and Internationally

All eyes are on China this weekend, as the Sport Climbing season continues with head-to-head battles in Bouldering and Speed at the IFSC Climbing World Cup Chongqing.

23 April 2019

IFSC Bids Farewell to One of Our Champions

Following an avalanche on April 16th in Banff National Park, Canada, the IFSC is saddened to report that the bodies of three elite climbers were recovered on April 21st.

22 April 2019

China Tour 2019: Climbing in the land of rising sun

With the IFSC season in full swing we head to China for some boulder and speed competitions. We’ll start first in Chongqing April 26-28 and a week later in Wujiang May 3-5.

19 April 2019

A Call for Speed Automatic Timing Systems

The IFSC is calling for Speed Automatic Timing Systems manufacturers/brands to apply for the Sport Official Equipment Catalogue. To create a fairer playing field, the IFSC will allow only authorised timing devices to be used at IFSC Speed events.

19 April 2019

IFSC Official Sport Equipment Catalogue Release: Holds, Macros and Volumes

The IFSC Official Sport Equipment Catalogue is an initiative which aims to make the playing field fairer across international IFSC events. Each IFSC event will use only authorised Official Sport Equipment within the Field of Play to ensure that all...

IFSC Official Sport Equipment

18 April 2019

IFSC Executive Board Teleconference April 2019

Following the first two events of the 2019 Sport Climbing season in Meiringen and Moscow, members of the IFSC Executive Board came together yesterday, 17th April, for their monthly teleconference.

16 April 2019

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Competition Schedule Announced

Today, 16th April, the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) unveiled the event line-up for each session of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Officially commencing on 24th July and closing on 9th August 2020, the Games...

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16 April 2019

IFSC in Lausanne for Olympic Forums

Home to the International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland, saw the largest ever International Athletes’ Forum and the 4th International Federation Gender Equality Forum take place this weekend. IFSC President Marco Maria Scolaris, Sport Director...

Tokyo2020

15 April 2019

Slovenia First

The past 3 days Moscow has been the capital of Sport Climbing, hosting the 1st IFSC Speed World Cup for the 2019 season and the 2nd stage of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup following last week-end’s performances in Meiringen. In the impressive venue...

12 April 2019

Moscow debuts first speed competition of 2019

With the start of the speed competition unraveling in Moscow this week, we saw great performances from many different athletes.