World governing body of Climbing.
30/07/2026
From Baseball ⚾️ to Boulder 🧗
This October, Smith’s Ballpark in Salt Lake City 🇺🇸 will become the stage for the World Climbing Series. A venue known for America’s favourite pastime will welcome the world’s best Boulder athletes from 16 to 18 October.
🔗 https://wclmb.hopp.to/slc26bpk
29/07/2026
🖐 Five international Para Climbing events in one unforgettable season!
Fukuoka 🇯🇵 joins joins Salt Lake City 🇺🇸 Innsbruck 🇦🇹 Laval 🇫🇷 and Gunsan 🇰🇷 as host cities on this year’s Para Series calendar, reflecting the sport’s continued global expansion ahead of its Paralympic debut at LA28.
The World Climbing Nations Grand Finale will then return to Fukuoka on 7 and 8 November, bringing together strategy, team performance and international rivalry, with invitations extended to the top six nations in the 2025 team rankings.
🔗 https://wclmb.hopp.to/wcl26fuk
One of three Chinese Speed 🥇 in Arco 🇮🇹 Xinyi Huang 🇨🇳 won the gold medal race when ._ 🇺🇦 fell leaving Xinyi to climb to the finishing pad alone
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It’s not over until you touch the pad! Yanze Shi 🇨🇳 won the men’s U19 title in Arco 🇮🇹 in an exiting gold medal race against Indonesia’s
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World Climbing has been part of the program for a few years now with 🇹🇭 one of the coaches involved. Puntarika was in Arco 🇮🇹at the Youth Worlds coaching the next generation of climbers for her country
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28/07/2026
The youth climbers in Arco 🇮🇹 had the opportunity to warm up on the Kilter Board ahead of the climbing thanks to our Official Training Board Partners 👌
📸 outThere Collective Richard Aspland
In the women’s U17 Speed 🇳🇿 took the Oceania record before progressing through finals for 🥇 with 🇹🇭 falling in the gold medal race
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In a tense gold medal race, both Mingyi Zhou 🇨🇳 and Minh Long Nguyen-Angelot 🇫🇷 fell with Zhou winning the men’s U17 🥇 on the re-run
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27/07/2026
Great to have the International Testing Agency at the Youth Worlds in Arco 🇮🇹 for an anti-doping workshop and on hand to answer any questions with an information booth for all the climbers and coaches ✌️
📸 Armando Urban
That’s a wrap! Lead. Speed. Boulder. New world champions and new faces and countries at our events 👏
What a World Climbing Youth Championship Arco 2026 🇮🇹 👌
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