Reviewing sport climbing's biggest stories, replays, medal results, top athletes, and new records at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

You may have been rock climbing before, but youve never done it the way Nathaniel Coleman is doing it right now at the Momentum Indoor Climbing gym in Salt Lake City. Coleman isnt climbing so much as ...

Just like that, the Olympic Games have come and gone. It was Sport Climbing’s second time in the Games and the first time it was split into two events: Speed Climbing and Boulder & Lead. Chris Weidner ...

LE BOURGET, France — Sam Watson climbed a 49-foot overhanging wall in 4.74 seconds here on Thursday and didn’t win Olympic gold. He scurried up a beyond-vertical surface like a supersized squirrel, ...

IOWA (KWWL) -- The closing ceremony to the Olympics is this Sunday. But there's plenty of competitions left, including speed climbing. It's relatively new to the games, first introduced in 2021 during ...

Sport climbing consists of three separate disciplines: speed, bouldering and lead. At the last Olympics, one single combined event was held that incorporated all three disciplines. For the 2024 ...

LE BOURGET, France — Sport climbing birthed an Olympic conundrum Thursday at the Paris Games. Sam Watson, an 18-year-old-American, set a new world record in the men’s speed climb when he completed the ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games head to our latest updates. LE BOURGET, France — If you hold the world record in the fastest Olympic sport you can ...

Sport climbing has made its Olympic debut, giving the world a chance to see just how physically demanding it can be. A mix of speed, strength and agility, the sport has opened a few eyes through two ...

After making its debut at the Tokyo Games, sport climbing returns at Paris 2024 for its second Olympic appearance. Read on to learn more about each of the three key disciplines that comprise the sport ...