Sport Climbing is a sport governed internationally by International Federation of Sport Climbing or IFSC.
In the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, the first Olympic medals have been given to athletes from this sport. The sport was included as an additional sport for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by the IOC Session in 2016. Along with Baseball, Softball, Karate, and Surfing, Climbing is accepted into the program of Tokyo 2020.