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Emily Harrop & Thibault Anselmet win gold l'oro. Marianne Fatton & Jon Kistler silver. Ana Alonso Rodriguez & Oriol Cardona Coll bronze

Twelve nations to battle for the first-ever Mixed Relay Olympic gold at 13:30 today in Bormio at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

32-year-old Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Gioia, the 8C+ boulder in Varazze first freed by Christian Core in 2008.

The video of Gianluca Vighetti climbing his hardest route to date, the 9a+ 'Lapsus' at Andonno, Italy

American rock climber Sean Bailey has made the first ascent of 'Duality of Man' (9c) at Dry Canyon, Arizona, USA.

On 7 January 2026 Russian alpinists Boris Egorov, Vladimir Murzaev, Konstantin Yaemurd made the first BASE jump off Fitz Roy (Cerro Chaltén) in Patagonia. Egorov reports.

German climber Yannick Flohé has repeated 'Excalibur', the 9b+ in Arco, Italy, first ascended by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2023 and, until now, only repeated by Will Bosi and Brooke Raboutou.

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On 20 December 2025, Gianluca Vighetti sent Niobe (9a) at Arco, while on 22 November he had sent his first 9a+, 'Lapsus' at Andonno.

Climbing is now prohibited at Oliana, one of the world's foremost crags, located in Spain. The ban comes with the establishment of a 36-hectare protection zone aimed at preserving the prehistoric rock art in the area of the Contrafort del Rumbau

The video of Spanish climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo repeating 'Sleeping Lion', the 9b at Siurana in Spain established by Chris Sharma in March 2023.

South Tyrolean climber Filip Schenk has redpointed 'Beginning' (9a+), completing all the hardest routes at the L'Eremo di San Paolo crag near Arco, Italy.

At the crag Padaro above Arco, Italy, Filip Schenk has repeated 'Omen Nomen' (9a).

The video of German climber Yannick Flohé repeating 'Ratstaman Vibrations' (9b/+) at Céüse in France.

Norwegian climber Leo Ketil Bøe has climbed his hardest route to date, 'Change' at Flatanger in Norway. Put up by Adam Ondra in 2012, it is considered the world's first 9b+.

Slovenia's Domen Škofic has climbed an 8a on the wings of a glider at an altitude of 2500m.