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The last act of the Boulder World Championships 2023 takes place today: Women's Semifinal and Final take place today in Bern, Switzerland, at 10.00 and 18.30 respectively.

On Sunday 18 June Swiss rock climber Nina Caprez has repeated Yeah Man (8b+, 300m) on Grand Pfad in the Gastlosen mountain range in Switzerland.

The sixth and final Boulder World Cup concluded in Innsbruck, Austria on Friday 16 June and was won by Sorato Anraku from Japan ahead of teammate Meichi Narasaki and Sam Avezou of France. Sorato was also crowned overall Boulder World Cup winner, Dohyun Lee won silver, Tomoa Narasaki bronze.

Last night in Innsbruck, Austria, Janja Garnbret from Slovenia won the sixth and final stage of the 2023 Boulder World Cup. Natalia Grossman (USA) placed second, Nonaka Miho (Japan) placed third. For the third year in a row the overall Boulder World Cup winner was Natalia Grossman; Nonaka placed second,...

On Sunday night the fifth stage of the Boulder World Cup 2023 was won at Brixen / Bressanone, Italy, by 18-year-old British climber Toby Roberts. Dohyun Lee (South Korea) and Yoshiyuki Ogata (Japan) placed second and third respectively.

Saturday evening at Brixen / Bressanone, Italy, the fifth stage of the Boulder World Cup 2023 was won by Natalia Grossman (USA), ahead of Chaehyun Seo from South Korea and Staša Gejo from Serbia.

Last weekend Oriane Bertone of France and Lee Dohyun of South Korea claimed their first-ever World Cup gold medals by winning the Prague stage of the Boulder World Cup 2023. Adam Ondra and Janja Garnbret claim silver, Flavy Cohaut and Mejdi Schalck bronze.

Watch Scottish climber Will Bosi repeating Alphane, the 9A boulder problem at Chironico in Switzerland first ascended by Shawn Raboutou.

The video of British rock climber Aidan Roberts flashing Momentum (8B+) in Val Bavona, Switzerland

Russian climber Vadim Timonov has made the first ascent of Blackflip sit, a boulder problem at Djan-tugan in Russia for which he has proposed the grade 8C+/9A.

The first stage of the 2023 Boulder World Cup was won in Hachioji, Japan, last weekend by Brooke Raboutou and Mejdi Schalck. This is Raboutou's first ever IFSC World Cup gold medal, Schalck's second.

On 12 April 2023 Scottish climber William Bosi made the coveted second ascent of Burden of Dreams in Lappnor, Finland. Established by Nalle Hukkataival in 2016, this was the first ever boulder problem to be graded 9A and even today is considered the hardest boulder problem in the world.

Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe has managed to flash 'Le Voyage' (8b+/E10) at Annot in France. First ascended by James Pearson in 2017, it is considered one of the hardest trad climbs in France.

On 11 March 2023 French rock climber Hugo Parmentier sent his first 8C boulder problem, Le pied à Coulisse at Fontainebleau in France.

Melloblocco, the biggest climbing and bouldering meeting in the world, viewed through the eyes of the historic promoters Michele Comi, Nicola Noè and Stefano Scetti. Over 2000 climbers have already registered for the 16th edition which will be held in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy from 4 to...

The video of German climber Alexander Megos attempting to flash 'Za Staro Kolo in Majhnega Psa' , the famous 8c+ at Mišja Peč in Slovenia first ascended in 1992 by Tadej Slabe and considered one of the hardest climbs in the world at the time.