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The Olympic record for men’s speed climbing was set by Bassa Mawem in the sport’s inaugural event in 2021. That mark currently stands at 5.45 seconds. Less than three years later, Samuel Watson set the men’s speed climbing world record time of 4.798 -- a whopping 13.6% improvement on the ...

Training tips from three of the world’s best speed climbers on how to get started, get better, and get insanely good at speed climbing.  It’s no coincidence that the two most dominant athletes in the history of US men’s speed climbing are both from the same youth program. Samuel Watson, the ...

It's official! Speed climbing world record holder Sam Watson is the newest member of Team TRUBLUE! By the time you're reading this, Sam has probably already broken his own world record pace, but, as it stands today, 4.79 is the mark to beat.I recently had the opportunity to talk to Sam Watson about ...