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Competition Climbing Is Having It’s First ‘post-Olympic Blues’ Year in 2025
Welcome to Behind the Wall, your weekly digest on what is happening in the climbing competition world. We explore how
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Your Guide to Sport Climbing at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Sport Climbing at the 2024 Olympic Games starts today in Le Bourget, Paris. It has only been three years since
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Routesetting For the Very Best: Boulder&Lead Routesetting at the Budapest OQS
Just like the spectators, the athletes had strong opinions on the routesetting at the Budapest OQS. “I found the [qualification]
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Road to Paris: Budapest Sport Climbing OQS Preview
The pressure and the weather heat up in Budapest as athletes have one more shot at winning a ticket to the Olympics.
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Who Benefitted from the Routesetting at the Shanghai OQS in Boulder&Lead?
Shanghai showed the effect biases in routesetting can have on the Boulder&Lead format.
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Shanghai Olympic Qualifier Series Combined Boulder&Lead Key Takeaways
Raboutou dominates in Boulder, we see the resurgence of Ginés López, and Ondra's Lead struggles continue.
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Shanghai Olympic Qualifier Series Speed Climbing Key Takeaways
The last path to the Paris 2024 Olympics started in Shanghai for the Speed Climbing athletes.
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Sport Climbing Road To Paris: Shanghai Olympic Qualifier Series Preview
We are finally here. The final path athletes can use to reach the 2024 Olympics begins tomorrow: the Olympic Qualifier
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Your Guide to the 2024 IFSC World Cup Climbing Competition Calendar
2024 is an Olympic year, and you can tell. This year’s World Cup circuit is sparse. There are only
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The Olympic Qualifier Series for Sport Climbing, Explained
For the Paris 2024 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is doing something they have never done before. They have
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Who Will Be Competing for Climbing in the Olympic Qualifier Series?
On December 18th, the IFSC announced the list of athletes who will be competing in the Olympic Qualifier Series (OQS)
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African Olympic Qualifier Key Takeaways
Mukheibir, Janse Van Rensburg, Bryuns and Holder win their tickets to the Olympics