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Today the men's qualification competitions are held in the sport climbing disciplines of speed, bouldering and lead. You can watch the live stream here.

In this video, Jakob Schubert shows the athletes' perspective in an international competition.

The Climbing Shoe Solution Comp by La Sportiva is fully geared towards indoor climbing and competition style.

Climbing at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Here you can find information, dates, live stream and more.

In 2001 the American Chris Sharma dominated the Bouldering World Cup in Munich. But the victory was revoked - because of cannabis consumption. Today, twenty years later, professional climbers consume carrots and insect meal. Our sport has become more professional. We take a look at the past and the present.

In a short film by the German Alpine Club, Alex Megos talks about his passion for climbing and his ambitions on rocks and plastic.

The third Lead World Cup of the 2021 season ended yesterday evening in Chamonix, France, where the Italian Laura Rogora and the American Sean Bailey took first place in the women's and men's finals.

The IFSC Lead World Cup will take place in Chamonix, France, from July 12th to 13th, 2021. The competition program and the live broadcast can be found here.

A 16-year-old Chinese speed specialist has set a new, unofficial world speed record. He set the bar at 5.106 seconds.

The competition weekend, which was characterized by changing weather, rain and moisture, ended with the IFSC World Cup in Villars with two exciting lead finals. The representatives of Team USA, Sean Bailey and Colin Duffy, took two podium places in the men (1st and 3rd place).

After competitions in Meiringen, Salt Lake City and Innsbruck, the best sport climbers in the world will meet from July 1st to 3rd, 2021 in Villars-sur-Ollon and compete in a lead and speed world cup. All information and the live streams of the competitions are available here.

During the bouldering world cup in Innsbruck, a cameraman filmed a close-up of Johanna Färber's rear for several seconds during the live broadcast. The athlete herself and the climbing scene are shocked.

While the women's podium was even, three Japanese took the podium for the men. Austria took fourth place with Nicolai Uznik. Neither Switzerland nor Germany were represented in the final.

At the start of the international lead season in Innsbruck (AUT), Sascha Lehmann shines in a thrilling final on Friday evening and is third behind Jakob Schubert (AUT) and Stefano Ghisolfi (ITA). For the reigning lead European champion, it is the second World Cup podium in his career.

Numerous IFSC World Cup competitions will take place in Innsbruck from June 22nd to 26th, 2021. There is information and live streams here.

The Swiss junior Zoé Egli climbed to second place in the lead discipline at the European Youth Cup in Ostermundigen. With Liv Egli, Joëlle Niederberger, Jonas Utelli, Noé Looser and Jil Couture, five other young Swiss athletes made it to the finals on Sunday.

The British professional climber Shauna Coxsey will no longer take part in competitions after the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

It was an exciting weekend: On June 5th and 6th, the German Speed ​​and Bouldering Championships took place. In the speed discipline, Franziska Ritter set a new German record. In bouldering, Yannick Flohé and Afra Hönig won the title.

At the Swiss Bouldering Championships last weekend in Pratteln, the two elite athletes Petra Klingler and Dimitri Vogt prevailed and climbed to the top of the podium. In the U18 category, the 2021 Swiss bouldering champions are Lena Schenkel and Louis Guignard.

Last night the final of the second bouldering competition took place in Salt Lake City. Sean Bailey and Natalia Grossman both won gold in front of their home crowd.

The Indonesian Veddriq Leonardo set a new world record in speed climbing with 5.208 in Salt Lake City.

A few days ago we reported that the continuation of the World Cup in Salt Lake City is on shaky legs. The reason for this was a participant who tested positive. A member of the Swiss national team was affected.

This weekend the second part of the IFSC competitions will take place in Salt Lake City. The combination of bouldering and speed is climbed. The IFSC has decided to continue the competitions despite the Corona trap on May 24, 2021.

The International Climbing Association IFSC and the American Climbing Association USA Climbing announced that an athlete tested positive for Covid-19. It is unclear what effects this will have on the course of the competition.