Recently the representatives of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) were in a meeting in Switzerland with the International Olympic Committee Program Commission to discuss the case of climbing being in the Olympic Games, this to start from the 2020 Olympic Games.

Climbing will be competing with six other short listed sports which include baseball/softball, karate, roller sports, squash, wakeboarding, and wushu, and therefore the IOC Program Commission need to make a decision as to which sports to cut and add to the Summer Olympics.

The president of the IFSC, Marco Scolaris, made the pitch to the IOC Program Commission along with four other people which include two North Americans: Debbie Gawrych, the vice president of the IFSC and former president of USA Climbing; Sean McColl, the president of the IFSC Athletes Commission and Canadian gold medalist at the 2012 World Championships; Jérôme Meyer, the IFSC Sport Manager and former European champion in bouldering; and Evgeniya Malamid from Russia who is a member of the IFSC Athletes Commission.

The IFSC have decided to focus on lead climbing only for its pitch, therefore bouldering and speed climbing will not be considered. It has been reported that the IOCs final decision will be announced in September this year (2013).

Many people in the climbing community find it excellent that this consideration is in progress, but some feel that bouldering should also have been considered. Well be holding thumbs and hoping for a positive decision in September.