One of the first organized competitions for the sport happened around 1985 when a group of climbers gathered near Turin, Italy, for "SportRoccia." It became the first organized competition in wh...
It was later added to the official Olympic program during the 2020 Tokyo Games.According to the Olympics, sport climbing is a very young sport, with nearly 40% of climbers under the age of 18. It's a ...
Reaching the top is worth 100 points. During the Tokyo Games, each athlete competed in all three disciplines of the sport, and the final scores were combined from across the three competitions. T...
The first competitions in the event started on Aug. 5 with the boulder and seeding heats. On Aug. 7, two Polish climbers, Aleksandra Miroslaw and Aleksandra Kalucka, won gold and bronze medals, ...