How Did This Year’s World Cups Get So Weird?
This year wasn’t a disaster—it had its jaw-dropping moments, but it also proved that the competition circuit is still in somewhat of a dizzy tailspin, the same one it has been in for three years.
This year wasn’t a disaster—it had its jaw-dropping moments, but it also proved that the competition circuit is still in somewhat of a dizzy tailspin, the same one it has been in for three years.
Samuel Watson claimed the first men's World Cup gold in Speed for Team USA while Jesse Grupper (USA) went home with the gold in Lead. In a climactic showdown, Garnbret silvered in women's Lead, bested by Japan's Ai Mori.
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3 billion people tuned in to climbing in Tokyo a year ago. Climbing can't ever be the same.
Team USA's Jesse Grupper won his first gold medal, and Janja Garnbret did the expected at the Briançon Lead World Cup.
Here’s a recap of all the action and surprises that happened in the separate climbing disciplines.
It was a World Cup filled with surprises: Garnbret off the back in qualifiers. World speed champ misfires. But Team USA once again adds to its medal collection.
With a final time of 5.04 seconds Katibin is within reach of the mythical sub-5-second bar, a time that was thought untouchable just a few years ago.
No surprises from Garnbret, but Team USA knocked it out of the park.
It wasn't a gimme as Grossman squared off in Brixen, Italy, at the Boulder World Cup.
Grossman and Raboutou Dazzle Again in Salt Lake City World Cup; Hunt Races to Multiple American Records
And it's just the qualifying rounds at the World Cup in Salt Lake City.
Beginning Tuesday, May 24, the first Paraclimbing World Cup of the year took place in Salt Lake City, Utah.
With her repeat gold-medal performance in Salt Lake City, she now must rank as one of America's best competitors of all time.
During the Bouldering and Speed World Cup in Salt Lake City, May 20-22, Team USA racked up three medals and two Speed records.
How did Grossman put together such a magnum opus in South Korea? Here's how.
This weekend’s World Cup had some of the most intriguing exposition of any climbing competition in recent memory.
The annual two-day comp outside Charlotte, North Carolina, was a site to behold.
He didn't medal in Meiringen, but he showed that he could become one of the best competitors of all time.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Stanislav Kleshnov, vice president of the Ukraine National Climbing Federation and the partner of the first network of climbing walls in Ukraine (Space and TheWall), converted his gyms into temporary shelters and aid stations.
Employees at Movement Climbing, Yoga & Fitness Crystal City, in Arlington, Virginia, have worked to unionize for the past nine months. Now, their union certificate is in the mail, making the facility the first climbing gym in the country to unionize.
The first bouldering World Cup of the season took place this past weekend in Meiringen, Switzerland. Here is what you missed.