b'FromJO Paris 2024 DrapellaVaulx-en-Velinto the Paris 2024 OlympicsEP Climbings destiny is inherently linked to the15m high with a 6m overhang, put together in just 24 development of competitive climbing, making anhours, a real technical feat. This was followed by the indelible mark on the discipline thanks to a numberpre-Olympic week walls for the Albertville Olympics in of major projects. From the outset, we have played a1992, and above all the Lillehammer wall in 1994, the pioneering role. A year after the brand was created,first fully articulated structure. At the time, climbing we built the wall for the first climbing competitionbeing considered as a possible Olympic sport, but it organised on an Articifial Climbing Structure (ACS), inwas only a demonstration sport at the Winter Games.Vaulx-en-Velin, near Lyon. A revolution! The year was 1986. And three years later, we provided the wall thatAnd it wasnt until a quarter of a century later that hosted the first ever climbing World Cup, in Leeds. climbing was awarded the Holy Grail. It was only logical that EP should become the exclusive official supplier Things went from strength to strength from then on.for climbings first appearance at the Games, in Tokyo In 1991, the structure of the Birmingham World Cup2020 and then Paris 2024. Year after year, we have marked a turning point, because of its beauty and size:stayed at the forefront, despite fierce competition from Bulgarias Walltopia to remain the world leader in designing and building competition climbing walls."Since 2007, EP has been by our side We have always supported federations, with our firstevery step of the way, making apartnership signed with the IUAA in 2004, then withsignificant contribution to the success of our competitions, the IFSC in 2007. We then became an official partnerincluding the most prestigious, such in 2020 and today remain the only official supplier. as the Olympic Games. This renewal not only confirms ourstrong relationship but also represents our shared commitment to looking to the future and continuing to develop our sport on a global scale."Marco Scolaris, president of the IFSCVaulx-en-Velin BirminghamLeeds20 21'