Sport climbing
Paris Olympics 2024 as it happened: Day 15 - Hull wins historic silver, Steph Curry leads USA to victory, Khelif files harassment complaint, Stingers go home with silver
Jessica Hull ran the race of her life to finish second in the women’s 1500m, andthe Stingers also won silver on a day of near-misses for Australian athletes. Follow live
- by Billie Eder, Richard Gadsby, Roy Ward and Scott Spits
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Her hero’s Batman, but she channelled Spider-Man to break two world records in one day
It can be said without demur that the one Olympic sport that is on the up and up is sports climbing.
- by Greg Baum
Kiwis to the rescue as Australian chases Olympic dream
As a professional speed climber, Olympic hopeful Grace Crowley is familiar with racing against the clock. But just days out from the Oceania qualification run that could seal them a ticket to Paris in 2024, they face a different sort of time trial.
- by Carla Jaeger
Global ‘rooftopping’ trend highlighted by gruesome death in Hong Kong
A 30-year-old French photographer plunged 68 floors to his death last week in a suspected extreme climbing escapade gone horribly wrong.
- by Lucy Cormack
‘We both had a cry as we hugged’: What it’s really like to climb Everest
It’s 70 years since the world’s highest mountain was first conquered. It has become highly commercialised but many still die up there.
- by Tim Barlass
Fans cheer, clap as climber who competed without headscarf returns to Iran
Elnaz Rekabi reiterated in comments to state media that she had unintentionally climbed without a hijab.
- by Reuters
A climb without a hijab sparks fears for Iranian athlete
As video of Elnaz Rekabi’s climb circulated on social media, so did concern about her fate on her return to Tehran, Iran, with some reports saying she was missing for at least a day.
- by Euan Ward and John Yoon
Man dies abseiling at popular Blue Mountains spot
The man was abseiling at Malaita Wall with a group of people before falling to his death.
- by Sarah Keoghan
Sydney mountaineer dies climbing world’s second-highest peak
Matthew Eakin was in a group of three and reportedly went missing last week on K2, one of the world’s most challenging mountains to climb.
- by Nigel Gladstone
‘Her vision was blurry’: the mother-daughter duo who conquered Everest
In May, Gabby Kanizay became the youngest Australian to climb Mount Everest. Her exhausted but elated mum was by her side.
- by Susan Horsburgh
From the futon
Tokyo Olympics
What climbing could learn from the ancient Olympic sport of rugby league
Sport climbing has made its debut at the Tokyo Olympics. Why?
- by Andrew Webster
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