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Team GB teenager Toby Roberts won a stunning sport climbing gold in the men’s Boulder & Lead at Paris 2024.
The 19-year-old World No. 2 scaled his way to victory with a combined score of 155.2, enough to finish ahead of Japan’s Anraku Sorato (145.4), the 17-year-old who slipped late

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PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 09: Toby Roberts of Great Britain celebrates in the Men's Boulder & Lead, Final Lead on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue on August 09, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Toby Roberts wins gold at Paris 2024

Team GB's Roberts stuns Anraku to win Boulder & Lead gold

Anraku Sorato led the way to make the men’s Boulder and Lead final at Paris 2024 as legendary climber Adam Ondra and defending Olympic champion Alberto Ginés López also advanced.
Tackling the daunting 15-metre Lead wall on Wednesday (7 August), the rankings changed drastically from the Boulder round on Monday.

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 07: Sorato Anraku of Team Japan competes during the Men's Boulder & Lead, Semifinal Lead  on day twelve of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue on August 07, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Sorato Anraku of Team Japan at Paris 2024

Climbers Anraku and Ondra advance in pursuit of Boulder and Lead gold

Sport climbing will look very different at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, compared to the sport's debut at Tokyo 2020.
A total of 68 athletes, up from 40, will compete at the Le Bourget climbing venue from 5-10 August.
The combined competition three years ago has been replaced by two

Janja Garnbret of Slovenia competes during the Sport Climbing Women's Boulder & Lead - Boulder Final at the European Championships Munich 2022.

Janja Garnbret of Solvenia in action

Paris 2024 Olympics: Sport climbing preview, full schedule, and how to watch live

Innsbruck, Austria will welcome the world’s best sport climbers for the latest round of the IFSC World Cup Boulder and Lead from 26-30 June. It will be one the last opportunities for climbers to compete head-to-head against their rivals before the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
The two-time Olympic host city

Jakob Schubert (AUT) competes in sport climbing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Jakob Schubert (AUT) competes in sport climbing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

IFSC World Cup Innsbruck 2024: Preview

American athletes have won over a thousand gold medals since the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896, yet, there are still a handful of sports where athletes from the US have yet to stand on the top step of the podium.
The list isn’t long, but it is full

Jagger Eaton (USA) poses for a photo during a victory ceremony at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China.

Jagger Eaton (USA) poses for a photo during a victory ceremony at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China

What sports are US athletes chasing their nation's first Olympic gold medal?

It’s a battle of experience versus youth for the final U.S. women's Olympic boulder and lead spot.
At Paris 2024, sport climbing boulder and lead will be contested separately from speed. Twenty men and twenty women will compete in the boulder and lead combined event, with a maximum of two

Olympic Qualifier Series 2024

Brooke Raboutou of Team USA competes in the Sport Climbing Women's Combined Final on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Aomi Urban Sports Park on August 06, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Sports Climbing Brooke Raboutou

Who are the four U.S. women competing for the remaining quota spot in boulder and lead at the Olympic Qualifier Series?

Jakob Schubert brought his A-game to win his second gold medal at the 2023 IFSC World Championships in Bern, Switzerland on Saturday (12 August).
Schubert secured a quota place for Austria at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by taking the men's boulder and lead title courtesy of a near-flawless lead

Sport Climbing |  Olympic Qualifier | World Championships | Bern

Jakob Schubert won the combined boulder and lead title at the 2023 IFSC World Championships in Bern

IFSC Climbing World Championships 2023: Jakob Schubert adds combined boulder and lead title to lead gold in Bern

Boulder or lead, five hours or three, on or off the wall, and what about training the mind?
The training routines of sport climbers are as varied as the athletes themselves. Olympics.com spoke to the some of the world's best to discover more about the work behind the scenes that

Serbia's Stasa Gejo changes her training depending on whether she is competing in boulder or lead events.

Serbia's Stasa Gejo changes her training depending on whether she is competing in boulder or lead events

How sport climbers train: Training secrets that help the world's best reach the top

Olympic sport climbing champion Janja Garnbret once again showed her dominance in the second round of the IFSC Lead World Cup Series 2022 in Villars, Switzerland on Saturday (2 July).
Brooke Raboutou set the standard with a 37+ but Slovenian hero Garnbret, who won the semi-final earlier in the day,

Sport Climbing | World Cup Lead & Speed 2022 | Villars 

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: Janja Garnbret of Team Slovenia celebrates during the Sport Climbing Women's Combined Final on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Aomi Urban Sports Park on August 06, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Garnbret celebrates Tokyo 2020

Janja Garnbret claims back-to-back IFSC World Cup lead wins in Villars as Homma Taisei secures first victory

Slovenian sport climbing sensation Janja Garnbret was in class of her own to win the women's title on the first leg of the IFSC Lead World Cup Series 2022 in Innsbruck, Austria on Sunday (26 June).
Garnbret made a stunning return to the wall after a brief hiatus from the

Janja Garnbret celebrates winning the 2018 combined world title in Innsbruck (courtesy of Johann Groder/EXPA Pictures)

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