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 ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...