Paris 2024 olympic games: what you need to know about sport climbing, the program of events

Paris 2024 olympic games: what you need to know about sport climbing, the program of events

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It's one of the four new sports at these Paris 2024 Olympics: sport climbing is an impressive and exciting discipline. Discover its history, its great athletes, its specificities and


its program during the competition! SPORT CLIMBING is a recent sport: the first competitions took place in the 1980s. The discipline was included in the OLYMPIC GAMES for the first time in


2018, at the Buenos Aires Youth Games. Having quickly won over the public, sport climbing was again selected for the Tokyo Games in 2021, and then for the PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS. And it will


again be on the program for the Los Angeles Games in 2028. > PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS: ON WHICH TV CHANNEL AND AT WHAT TIME TO WATCH > THE SPORTS CLIMBING EVENTS > Don't want to 


miss any of the sport climbing at the Olympics this > summer? Find out about the schedule of events and the TV channels > broadcasting the sport. [Read more] >  > PARIS 2024 


OLYMPICS: WHO ARE THE MEDAL-WINNING CLIMBING ATHLETES? > GLOBAL SUMMARY > The Paris Olympics are finally here, and athletes from all over the > world are competing in a variety of 


disciplines. The climbing events > take place from August 5 to 10, 2024, and we're offering you the > chance to find out who the big winners of the gold, silver and > bronze 


medals are! [Read more] While we wait for this American edition, let's focus on Paris: the sport climbing events are organized from AUGUST 5 TO 8, 2024 for the speed events, and from


AUGUST 5 TO 10, 2024 for the bouldering-difficulty combined. We'll be at LE BOURGET CLIMBING SITE to cheer on these athletes. Climbing on natural rock is an ancient discipline. The


sporty, COMPETITIVE version was born in the mid-1980s, first in Italy and then in France, with the first competition on an ARTIFICIAL CLIMBING WALL. A few years later, in the early 1990s, it


was decided that international tournaments would all be held indoors, on artificial infrastructures, in order to PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. Today, sport climbing is divided into three


different disciplines. The SPEED event is a dual time trial: climbers have to scale a 15-meter-high inclined wall in a limited time (less than six seconds for men, less than seven for


women). The BOULDERING event takes place on a 4.5-meter wall, which athletes must climb without rope, as quickly as possible, and with as few attempts as possible. Finally, the DIFFICULTY


event pits two athletes against each other, who must climb a 15-meter wall in six minutes or less, without knowing the route beforehand. At the Paris Olympics, the bouldering and difficulty


events are combined. This recent sport does not have as rich a history as BOXING or SWIMMING, but there are already some impressive records. The first Olympic champions in sport climbing


were Janja Garnbret (Slovenian athlete) and Alberto Ginés (Spanish climber). The world speed record belongs to Kiromal Katibin, an Indonesian who climbed the 15-meter wall in 5 seconds. The


women's record is held by Aleksandra Miroslaw (Poland), who triumphed with a time of 6.52 seconds at the IFSC 2022 World Cup in Salt Lake City. So the French have some serious


competitors... But medals remain within their grasp. They include FANNY GIBERT, ANOUCK JAUBERT, MANUEL CORNU AND JULIA CHANOURDIE. Want to try out this OLYMPIC SPORT? Here are just a few of


the places you can go to have fun and let off steam in Paris and the Ile-de-France region. > WHERE TO CLIMB IN PARIS AND THE ILE-DE-FRANCE REGION? GUIDE TO THE > BEST CLIMBING GYMS AND


 NATURAL SITES > Looking for a climbing site in and around Paris? Whether you're > looking for outdoor climbing, indoor climbing with ropes, or > bouldering without ropes or 


harnesses, we've got something for you, > whatever the weather! [Read more] THE PROGRAM AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS MONDAY AUGUST 5TH * 10:00 - Men's Boulder & Difficulty, Boulder


D-Final * 13 :00 - Women's Speed, Time Trial Qualification * 13:40 - Women's Speed, Dual Qualification TUESDAY AUGUST 6TH * 10:00 - Women's Boulder & Difficulty, Boulder


D-Final * 13 :00 - Men's Sprint, Time Trial Qualification * 13:40 - Men's Speed, Dual Qualification WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7TH * 10:00 - Boulder & Hom Difficulty, D-Fin Difficulty *


12:28 - Women's Speed Quarter-finals * 12:46 - Vitesse Femmes Semi-finals * 12:55 - Women's Speed Final THURSDAY, AUGUST 8TH * 10:00 - Boulder & Difficulty Female, D-Finish


Difficulty * 12:28 - Men's Speed Quarter-finals * 12:46 - Vitesse Hommes Semi-finals * 12:55 - Vitesse Hommes Final FRIDAY, AUGUST 9TH * 10:15 - Boulder & Difficulty Men, Boulder


Final * 12:28 - Boulder & Difficulty Men, Difficulty End 🥇 SATURDAY, AUGUST 10TH * 10:15 - Boulder & Difficulty Women, Boulder Final * 12:28 - Boulder & Difficulty Women,


Difficulty End 🥇