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17-year-old gianluca vighetti has sent 'Bombardino' (9a) at Bus de la Stria in Arco, Italy on his second attempt and in a single day.

24-year-old Italian climber Laura Rogora has made short work of Niobe at Arco, Italy, sending the 9a slab in a single day.

On 14 January 2026, Alessandro Zeni repeated 'Niobe', the 9a slab established by Adam Ondra at the crag Spettacolo close to Arco, Italy. The report by the 34-year-old athlete from the High Mountain Military Unit of the Army Sports Center.

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

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

On Wednesday 21 September 2022 at Gravere in Val di Susa, Italy, Claudia Ghisolfi redpointed her first 9a, TCT. After Laura Rogora she is now only the second Italian woman to send 9a.

In September 2021 gianluca vighetti, aged a mere 12 years old, managed to climb the 9a TCT at Gravere in Italy.

12-year old gianluca vighetti from Italy has repeated TCT, a 9a at Gravere freed by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2014.