Even before Tuesday’s speed climbing seeding heats at the Paris Olympics, the sport regularly produced jaw-dropping video clips. Two climbers stand at the base of a 49-foot wall and then rocket upward ...

American Sam Watson (L) and Ukrainian Yaroslav Tkach compete during men's speed qualification seeding for sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Tuesday at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Le ...

Follow live coverage of Day 12 of the 2024 Paris Olympics, with 21 gold medals on offer LE BOURGET, France — The morning after American sprinter Noah Lyles was anointed the fastest man on earth, an 18 ...

Sam Watson is leaving Paris with another world record and a bronze medal. The 18-year-old from Southlake, Texas, earned bronze in the first ever Olympic men's speed climbing event at Le Bourget ...

After setting a couple world speed climbing records this week, American Sam Watson fell to China’s Peng Wu, who was then beaten by Indonesia’s... NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more ...

Speed sport climbing was offered at the Olympics for the first time during the Paris Games. Good thing for Team USA, as Sam Watson beat his own speed rock climbing world record—set back in April at ...

Aug. 8 (UPI) --American Sam Watson just missed out on the gold-medal final,, but broke his own world record and gained an Olympic bronze medal in sport climbing Thursday in Le Bourget, France. Watson ...

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 ...