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The fourth IFSC World Cup stage of the season took place in Innsbruck, Austria last week. Boulder was won by Janja Garnbret and Amagasa Sohta, while lead was won by Garnbret and Jakob Schubert.

Keita Kurakami has died aged 38. The Japanese climber had made a name for himself for making the first rope-solo free ascent of The Nose in Yosemite, as well as pushing the limits of highball boulder problems established ground-up.

Eddie Fowke reports about the second and final Olympic Qualifying Series that took place in Budapest, Hungary, from 20 to 23 June. Stakes were extremely high as after Shanghai this represented the last chance for 24 Combined Boulder & lead climbers and 14 Speed athletes to qualify for the Paris...

The second stop of the 2024 IFSC Para Climbing World Cup series came to a close at the Kletterzentrum Innsbruck, Austria as the medals were decided on a full night of lead climbing.

After both rounds of Olympic Qualifier Series, Shanghai and Budapest, the following 24 Combined Boulder & lead climbers obtained a quota spot for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games today. Women: Brooke Raboutou, Miho Nonaka, Erin McNeice, Chaehyun Seo, Zhilu Luo, Ievgeniia Kazbekova, Mia Krampl, Lucia Dörffel, Zélia Avezou, Camilla Moroni,...

Sunday 23 June 2024 the Olympic Qualifier Series concludes in Budapest, Hungary with Combined Boulder & lead Finals. The competitions will be streamed live on the Olympic Channel.

Budapest OQS has confirmed who will go to the Olympic Games this summer: Yafei Zhou, Aleksandra Kalucka, Rajiah Sallsabillah, Capucine Viglione, Manon Lebon, Leslie Adriana Romero Perez, Beatrice Colli and Wu Peng, Veddriq Leonardo, Amir Maimuratov, Zach Hammer, Reza Alipour Shenazandifard, Yaroslav Tkach, Shin Euncheo.

Saturday 22 June 2024 the Olympic Qualifier Series continue in Budapest, Hungary this morning with Combined Boulder & lead Semi-finals, and the Speed Finals. This is the last chance for the 150 athletes to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The competitions will be streamed live on the Olympic...

Anna Ferrino, CEO of the Italian outdoor equipment company Ferrino, has been awarded the prestigious Compasso d'Oro Career Prize. The award ceremony was held on 20 June 2024 at the ADI Design Museum in Milan.

The second stage of the Olympic Qualifier Series continue in Budapest, Hungary, today at 10:00 CET with the Men's & Women's lead Qualification, followed by Speed Qualification at 17:00. This is the last chance for the 150 athletes to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The competitions will be...

After Shanghai, the second stage of the Olympic Qualifier Series begins in Budapest, Hungary, today at 12:00 CET. Taking place from 20 to 23 June, this is the last chance for the 150 athletes to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The competitions will be streamed live on the...

Slovenia's Jernej Kruder has repeated 'Greenspit', the difficult trad route established by Didier Berthod in Valle dell'Orco, Italy.

Vangelis Galanis has made a rope solo first ascent of a new multipitch rock climb on Kapelo Peak in Meteora, Greece. The route is dedicated to Dietrich Hasse, the German climber who pioneered rock climbing in the conglomerate area in the late 1970's. Galanis reports.

The video portrait of Dean Potter, one of the world’s leading climbers who lost his life on 16/05/2015 aged 43 in a wingsuit accident in Yosemite Valley, USA, together with Graham Hunt.

The first photos of the climbing wall that will be used for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Sport climbing is scheduled to take place at Le Bourget from Monday 5 to Saturday 10 August.

A fortnight ago French rock climber Soline Kentzel climbed her hardest route to date, Le Voyage (E10/8b+) at Annot in France. First ascended by James Pearson in 2017, the route is still ranked as one of the hardest trad climbs in France.