Press release archive

SportAccord call for nominations for “Spirit of Sport” Award

Nominations are now being accepted for the “Spirit of Sport” Award, which honours those who have laboured, excelled and triumphed in favour of the spirit of sport. The SportAccord, the International Sports Federations umbrella organisation, will present the award to individuals, organisations and special projects that have made major contributions to a better society through sport. Read more.

Climbing crowns old, new champions

Austria's Markus Bendler and Russia’s Pavel Gulyaev have defended their Ice Climbing titles in the Lead and Speed disciplines respectively. This year’s women’s Lead champion is Anna Gallyamova of Russia, and her compatriot, Nadezda Shubina was crowned Speed queen. Read more.

Bendler, Russians continue their Ice Climbing dominance

Austria's Markus Bendler and France's Stephanie Maureau have claimed victories in the men's and women's Lead competitions of the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup held in Saas Fee, Switzerland on January 22 and 23. Athletes Jeong Woon Wha and Hee Yong Park made a strong showing for Korea, both taking medals in Lead. Read more.

Successful conclusion to first ever European Ice Climbing Youth Championship

The first ever European Ice Climbing Youth Championship has been concluded in Saas Grund, Switzerland. The men's overall winner was Russia's Alexey Iakovlev. His compatriot, Liubov Mikryukova, took top honours among the young women. The Swiss team also did well. Go here for more results. Read more.

Austrian, Italian, and Russian athletes top in Ice Climbing World Cup kick-off in Kirov, Russia

Bendler lead, Russia speed Last year’s overall winner, Austria’s Markus Bendler, has proven he is still the man to beat on the Ice Climbing World Cup circuit. Bendler took first place in the challenging Lead competition this weekend in Kirov, Russia. For the women, Italy’s Angelika Rainer came first, letting the world know she is ready to challenge for the overall top spot, after finishing second in 2009. Russian men and women climbers are continuing their domination of the Speed event. Russian men captured the first 12 spots, led by Maxim Vlasov. For the women, it was Nadezda Shubina who finished first, followed by 15 of her countrywomen. Read more.

UIAA enters into strategic partnerships with RedFox, Zamberlan

The UIAA’s Ice Climbing World Cup, the world’s premiere ice climbing competition series, kicks off in January with two new sponsors. Russian mountaineering clothing and equipment company RedFox and Italian footwear maker Zamberlan will be Presenting Sponsors for the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup 2010 competition circuit. Read more.

Officially published - Mountain Ethics Declaration

The UIAA has published its Mountain Ethics Declaration on December 11 to mark International Mountain Day.The Declaration spells out ethics of sportsmanship, respect for cultures and care for the environment, and it was approved at the UIAA General Assembly on October 10. Read more.

New Mountain Ethics Declaration

The UIAA General Assembly on Saturday, October 10, approved a code to serve as a beacon of mountaineering values, spelling out ethics of sportsmanship, respect for cultures and care for the environment. Read more.

New code lays out ethics and best practices

The UIAA is updating a mountain code, putting into ink mountaineering’s longstanding values of good sportsmanship, respect for cultures and care for the environment. The intent, say mountaineers involved in the process, is to create a document that reflects the sport’s high ideals and evolves with changing times. Read more.

New partnership between UIAA and AISTS

The world’s largest climbing and mountaineering organisation and a leading sport academic centre are joining forces to collaborate on education programmes, research and personnel training. Read more.

First-ever safety standard for braking devices

For the first time, the UIAA has developed a series of tests for braking devices designed to give climbers and mountaineers confidence that these critical pieces of gear meet the federation’s strict safety criteria. Read more.

Urgent action needed to prevent deaths among Himalayan pilgrims

The UIAA Medical Commission says better education is urgently required to prevent the deaths of pilgrims going to high altitudes in the Himalayas. Read more.

Anti Doping - Determination of appeal by Patrick Blanc

Determination of an appeal by Patrick Blanc against a decision of a Disciplinary Panel dated 4 December 2008 that the Appeland had commited an offence contrary to Article 2.1 of the WADA code. Read more.

Condolences

to Turkish Federation upon death of Erhan Terzi. Read more.

Decision of the UIAA Disciplinary Panel concerning Patrick Blanc

Disciplinary proceedings have been concluded against French Ski Mountaineering athlete Patrick Blanc, who tested positive after the 2008 Patrouille des glaciers, the Ski Mountaineering long distance teams’ world championship.Read more.