“Absolutely the right decision for the sport of climbing”: lead and bouldering to have separate medals at 2028 LA Olympics

April 11, 2025

In news that will delight fans of competition climbing, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that there will be three separate climbing events at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games: Speed, Lead and Boulder.

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, there were two disciplines up for grabs for the world’s elite climbers: Speed, and the Combined Lead and Boulder. Now the latter has been split into separate events. It’s a move that will have specialists in each pursuit rubbing their hands in anticipation. yahoo!