Sport climbing made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 and featured three disciplines: speed climbing, bouldering and lead climbing. Speed climbing pits two climbers against each other, both climbing a fixed route on a 15-metre wall. In bouldering, climbers scale a number of fixed routes on a 4m wall in a specified time. In lead climbing, athletes attempt to climb as high as possible on a wall measuring over 15m in height within a fixed time. For Paris 2024, it was separated into two competitions, Boulder and Lead Combined and Speed Climbing.
British athlete Shauna Coxsey became the first British athlete to compete at an Olympic Games in Tokyo, eventually finishing tenth.
At Paris 2024, Toby Roberts became the first British climber to win a medal when he became Olympic Champion in Boulder and Lead Combined.
The UK National Governing Body is the British Mountaineering Council and they train in Sheffield. Find out more on the British Mountaineering Council website.