27/04/2016
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Featured, Ice Climbing
17/03/2016
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Featured, Ice Climbing
PractICE climbing. Our guide for the future of the sport.
The UIAA Ice Climbing season concluded in early February with back to back events in Rabenstein, Italy. The first event saw the conclusion of the UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour, supported by The North Face Korea, which was held across four different countries in three...
11/02/2016
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Featured, Ice Climbing, Youth
One day to Lillehammer!
The second edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games commences in Lillehammer tomorrow with action in curling and ice hockey commencing the 70 event, ten day competition, a showcase for the world’s greatest youth athletes in snow and ice disciplines. Ice climbing will be present...
28/01/2016
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Ice Climbing
Final Countdown
UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour, supported by The North Face Korea World Cup & European Championships Rabenstein, Italy 29-31 January, 2016 The final round of the 2016 UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour sponsored by The North Face Korea commences tomorrow, Friday 29 January. Following an...
25/04/2015
UIAA’s Clean Climbing programme and Olympic goals featured at SportAccord
Nenad Dikic, President of the Anti Doping Commission was a featured speaker at the SportAccord conference in Sochi, Russia (Photo: UIAA) The UIAA was present at the SportAccord Convention in Sochi, Russia earlier this month with the goal of promoting the federation and its ice...
15/04/2015
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Featured, Ice Climbing, Media
UIAA celebrates 20 year anniversary with the Olympic movement
Two decades ago when sport climbing was in its infancy, the International Olympic Committee recognized the UIAA as the first international body to represent climbing and mountaineering. It was a historic moment. As the UIAA – International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation celebrates its 20th anniversary...
08/01/2015
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Featured, Ice Climbing
Kihak Sung: Ice climbing deserves to be part of the Olympic games
Every sport which wants to enter the Olympics, needs athletes, spectators, excitement, and where possible, a global reach. But what it also needs most is a person who believes in the sport’s potential and is willing to back it financially. Kihak Sung of Goldwin Korea,...
25/02/2014
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Ice Climbing, Media
Ice climbing draws attention in Sochi
Ice climbing had a unique and prominent presence at the Olympic Park during the recently concluded Winter Olympics in Sochi. Part of the Ice Climbing Festival, it included a Speed wall and a Lead structure, built with the generous support of sponsor Sberbank, which saw thousands...
31/07/2013
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Jaewook Kim (1970 – 2013) loved the thrill of competition and sport climbing
Editor’s note: Sad news came to us from the Korean Alpine Federation about the death of Jaewook Kim, an international sport climbing judge with the UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour. The Korean climbing community and the UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour lost one of...
21/03/2013