IFSC World Championships In Paris Commence Live International Delivery

The IFSC will commence LIVE delivery of its events at the 2016 IFSC World Climbing and Paraclimbing Championships.

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The IFSC will commence LIVE delivery of its eventsat the 2016 IFSC World Climbing and ParaclimbingChampionships, which begin in Paris tomorrow. TheFinals of the event, taking place this weekend, willbe broadcasted in Japan on SkyA.

Answering DemandThe deal, which was brokered by the IFSC’sexclusive international media consultancy,Broadreach Media, is additional to the one struckearlier this year in Japan for delayed broadcast of allthe IFSC’s 20 annual televised events.

Highlights ofthe IFSC World Championships will also be shownon terrestrial television in Japan via NHK, in Austriaon ORF and in 135 other countries worldwide via"IFSC Climbing Monthly," the Federation’s monthlyclimbing highlights show. The IFSC will alsobroadcast the Semi-Finals and Finals of the Parisevents LIVE internationally on YouTube, as usual.

Marco Scolaris, President of the IFSC, offered thefollowing comment:

"Our launch of international LIVE broadcastingshows the rapid progress we are making, with SportClimbing’s fast and continued organic growth as anurban sport, with the boost of Sport Climbing’sinclusion in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games andwith Japan’s growing strength as an internationalforce in Sport Climbing."

For more information, please contact:

Pierre-Emmanuel Danger

Press Officer

Mobile: +33 672230735 l

Email: press@ifsc-climbing.org

Anne FUYNEL

Director of Marketing & Communications, IFSC

Mobile: +33 640469961 l

Email: anne.fuynel@ifsc-climbing.org

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