Keyword: Olympia

2027 will be an important year for competition – with qualification for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a World Championship in the Czech Republic and a full World Cup calendar in bouldering, lead, speed and para climbing.

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.

No climbing discipline is booming as much as bouldering. Time for a look back at the roots of this trendy sport and Olympic discipline.

The World Climbing Board has lifted the suspension of the Russian and Belarusian climbing federations. Athletes from both countries are now permitted to participate in international competitions under the Neutral Athletes Policy.

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina will feature ski mountaineering as a medal event for the first time. This further increases the number of mountain sports at the Olympics.

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.