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.
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.
Aleksandra Mirosław
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Aleksandra Mirosław is a Polish competition speed climber. She is a three-time women's speed world champion and held the women's competition speed climbing world record from August 2021 until July 202
Speed climbing
…than 0.1 seconds of reaction time after the starting beep. The defending men's and women's speed climbing world champions are Long Jianguo of China and Aleksandra Mirosław of Poland, respectively; they won their respective speed events at the 2025 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Seoul, South Korea. Kiromal Katibin…
Mirosław in 2018
Mirosław (middle) at the Climbing World Championships in 2018