WASHINGTON — Sean Duffy may be a familiar name from politics or Fox News, but there’s so much more to this Wisconsin native. From his early days as a star on MTV reality shows to winning ...

Even the most experienced mountaineers are stunned that Kilian Jornet could climb so many 14,000-foot peaks in such a short ...

Stirling Hart's 23.33-second sprint up and down a 100-foot pole at the Go 4th Timber Carnival definitely beat the time of 24.82 seconds set by Guy German in 1988, organizer Mike Monroe said Tuesday.

LE BOURGET, France — Sam Watson climbed a 49-foot overhanging wall in 4.74 seconds here on Thursday and didn’t win Olympic gold. He scurried up a beyond-vertical surface like a supersized squirrel, ...

The World Games (TWG) are undeniably offering exhilarating competitions in Chengdu, China, this year. Events began on Aug. 6 and will continue through Aug. 17. In total, there are 256 medal events up ...

LE BOURGET, France — Aleksandra Miroslaw, a Polish sport climber with her hair pulled in a ponytail on Wednesday, blazed up the speed climbing wall and did more than win a gold medal. She officially ...

Sport climbing consists of three separate disciplines: speed, bouldering and lead. At the last Olympics, one single combined event was held that incorporated all three disciplines. For the 2024 ...

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 ...

GoPro Mountain Games organizers and USA Climbing announced Wednesday that Olympic athletes have signed up to compete in the debut speed climbing competitions at this year’s event June 5-8. These new ...