LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Organizers of the sport of parkour urged the IOC on Tuesday to reject adding the obstacle course-style street-running event to the 2024 Paris Olympics because of a dispute ...

Running, leaping and climbing through the city isn’t just a test of strength and stamina – it’s also now an official sport. Parkour – a form of urban acrobatics, originating in France – is now ...

Experience an exhilarating stick competition featuring top parkour athletes from Sydney. This action-packed video showcases ...

Dec. 1 (UPI) --Parkour Earth, a governing body for the sport, on Tuesday asked the International Olympic Committee to reject International Gymnastics Federation proposals to include the discipline in ...

As the final torchbearer parkours around the city of lights during the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, curious viewers started wondering whether parkour is an Olympic sport. It's not. However, ...

On a recent morning in London, Lara Thomson practiced spinning on benches, swinging from metal bars and balancing off raised ledges - all elements of a daredevil discipline known as "parkour." What ...

Parkour, as we know it today, stems from the activities of nine young Parisian men. The Yamakasi group, as they were known, trained together in what they called “l'art du placement”: a spectacular, ...

The international gymnastics federation wants to push for parkour to be included in the Paris Games in 2024. It may not be up to them. By Victor Mather Parkour, the video-friendly sport in which ...