Keyword: Olympic games

The 2028 Winter Olympics in Los Angeles will feature separate medals for bouldering, lead climbing, and speed climbing for the first time. World Climbing, the international governing body for climbing, has now announced when athletes can qualify for the Games.

Good news for ski mountaineering fans: The discipline will remain on the program for the 2030 Winter Olympics and will be expanded to include an individual category. The German Alpine Club (DAV) is delighted – after the crisis within its own squad in the spring, its focus is now on the future.

Rock diving icon and deep-water solo pioneer Chris Sharma has a new goal in mind: the 2028 Olympics! To that end, the American is returning to the competition stage and will try to secure a place on the American national team this weekend. 

World Climbing has announced the qualification system for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The events and the rules for the combined bouldering and lead climbing competition have also been finalized.

The end of the combined format: At the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, there will be independent medals in bouldering, lead and speed for the first time.

Bouldering&Lead: Toby Roberts wins the gold medal ahead of Sorato Anraku and Jakob Schubert at the Olympic Games in Paris.

The Indonesian Veddriq Leonardo prevails in the speed climbing final and wins the first Olympic gold medal in this discipline.

The 8 Boulder&Lead finalists have been determined. Janja Garnbret and Ai Mori will dominate the women's lead semi-final.