Competition climbing
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Competition climbing is a form of regulated rock-climbing competition held indoors on purpose-built artificial climbing walls. The three competition climbing disciplines are based on the climbing acti
Jakob Schubert in the competition lead climbing final of the 2018 IFSC World Championships
Janja Garnbret, lead climbing with quickdraw clipped in, at the 2016 IFSC Climbing World Championships
Bouldering at the 2017 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Munich
Marcin Dzieński (Lane A) beats Vladislav Deulin (Lane B) in the bronze medal elimination at the 2020 IFSC European Championships
Speed climbing
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Speed climbing is a climbing discipline in which speed is the ultimate goal. Speed climbing is done on rocks, walls and poles and is only recommended for highly skilled and experienced climbers.
Competition climbing
…on external natural rock surfaces). The three competition climbing disciplines are based on the climbing activities of lead climbing, bouldering, and speed climbing. The result of multiple disciplines can be used in a "combined" format to determine an all-round winner (or the "combined" winner). Competition climbing…
Speed climbing at 2016 Shanghai World Cup
Two climbers compete against each other on the Speed Wall (Chamonix 2018)
Full view of the standardized Speed Wall
Start position. The climber stands on a pressure plate foot trigger, which is used for detecting false starts.