An 18-year-old from Texas just set a new world record for speed climbing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. American athlete Sam Watson just broke his own world record on his way to the quarter-finals of the ...

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Two world records, one Olympic gold medal. Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland capped her dominant performance at the Paris Games by winning the gold in women's speed climbing on ...

Learn how athletes for Team USA and other countries qualify to compete in sport climbing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

A difference of only .08 seconds earned Poland's Aleksandra Miroslaw the gold in women's speed climbing on Wednesday at the Paris Olympics. It was her first Olympic medal after just missing out on the ...

Speed sport climbing was offered at the Olympics for the first time during the Paris Games. Good thing for Team USA, as Sam Watson beat his own speed rock climbing world record—set back in April at ...

With climbing playing a role in the Olympics, more people are being introduced to the sport. Included in the 2024 Paris Olympics are 3 disciplines of climbing: bouldering, lead, and speed. Speed ...

ST CHARLES, Mo. — Sport climbing is back in the Olympics, but speed climbing is a new standalone event for both men and women in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Today in St. Louis visited Climb So ...

GoPro Mountain Games organizers and USA Climbing announced on Wednesday that Olympic athletes have signed up to compete in the debut speed climbing competitions at this year’s event June 5-8. These ...

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Watson had set the world speed climbing record earlier this year in a World Cup event in China at 4.79 seconds. But his pace in Paris was even quicker. One stunning performance that followed ...