International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) President Marco Scolaris has backed athletes to "rise to the unprecedented challenges" presented at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.
Eliska Adamovska earned a first-ever International Sport Climbing Federation (IFSC) World Cup win in Briançon and Stefano Ghisolfi recorded his first in almost three years.
Italy’s Stefano Ghisolfi and Natalia Grossman of the United States are the top seeds for the men’s and women’s lead finals at the last International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup, before the sport makes its scheduled Olympics debut at Tokyo 2020.
Briançon will host the third International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup of the month, with lead action on the agenda at the French resort.
American Sean Bailey earned a third International Sport Climbing Federation (IFSC) World Cup victory of the season in Chamonix, while Italy's Laura Rogora took the women's gold medal.
Natalia Grossman and Sascha Lehmann were the best qualifiers for tomorrow's lead finals at the International Sport Climbing Federation (IFSC) World Cup in Chamonix.
Natalia Grossman of the United States, who tops the International Federation of Sport Climbing’s world boulder rankings this year, will be one of the favourites at the lead climbing World Cup due to start in Chamonix tomorrow.
Innsbruck is "ready" to host the third World University Championship Sport Climbing next year, organisers have announced.
Janja Garnbret’s phenomenal run of form continued at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup in Villars tonight as she added the lead gold medal to two won in Innsbruck last week.
Indonesian world record-holder Veddriq Leonardo won his second consecutive International Sport Climbing Federation (IFSC) World Cup speed title in Villars.
Indonesian climbers shone in speed qualifying at the International Sport Climbing Federation (IFSC) World Cup in Villars, with Kiromal Katibin posting the fastest men's time and Ajiah Sallsabillah second in the women's event.
The live broadcast feed of the bouldering semi-finals at the International Sport Climbing Federation World Cup in Innsbruck was temporarily removed from the Federation’s YouTube channel and edited after complaints from viewers over inappropriate footage of a female climber.
Slovenia’s climber-of-all talents, Janja Garnbret, won the first World Cup lead event of the season at Innsbruck tonight but an uncharacteristic slip saw Adam Ondra lose his grip on the men's title.
Janja Garnbret made a strong start to the fourth International Federation of Sport Climbing World Cup of the season at Innsbruck today as she finished joint top in qualifying for Saturday’s bouldering semi-finals.
The fourth International Federation of Sport Climbing World Cup of the season at the Kletterzentrum in Innsbruck will see all facets of the sport in action and feature bouldering and lead climbing in the same event for the first time.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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