World-record holder Sam Watson is set to compete in the sport climbing men's speed event on Thursday at the Paris Olympics. Watson, 18, set the world record of 4.79 seconds in April at the sport ...

Sport climbing kicked off at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday with cheering fans marking the sport's second time at the Games after a toned-down debut during the previous Games. There are three ...

Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture. American teenager Sam Watson set a new world record at the Olympics on Tuesday in the relatively new Olympic event of sport ...

Sport climbing involves three formats: bouldering, speed and lead. In the first discipline, athletes are tasked with climbing a nearly 5-meter wall -- without ropes -- under a time limit with as few ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the games head to our latest updates. LE BOURGET, France — If you hold the world record in the fastest Olympic sport you can ...

Gautron Lison L of France and Takeuchi Ai of Japan compete during the qualification of the women's speed of sport climbing at the Olympic Qualifier Series Budapest in Budapest, Hungary, June 21, 2024.