Parkour co-founder Chau Belle trains in a park in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Belle was one of nine co-founders of the street sport born in the suburbs of Paris in the 1990s. Parkour is involved ...

The world gymnastics federation FIG wants to add the growing parkour discipline to its remit, in time for Olympic inclusion in 2024. Yet parkour groups are fighting the bid tooth and nail, saying ...

A former captain of the ­Chinese national women's gymnastics team is striving for glory in a new arena - parkour. A series of high-difficulty movements earned Shang Chunsong an impressive score of ...

Since its beginnings in the 1980s in France, parkour has been sporty – but not exactly Olympic sporty. Parkour and its cousin freerunning involve scaling urban obstacles and using the city as a ...

Wearing blue sweatpants and a maroon T-shirt, Kelty Tobin runs across the carpeted section of APEX Movement Loveland. He transitions to a cartwheel and, after landing, leaps toward a padded section of ...

THE MIND AS IT IS ON THE BODY. FREE RUNNING OR PARKOUR, AS IT’S MORE COMMONLY KNOWN, IS ALL ABOUT GETTING FROM POINT A TO POINT B AS CREATIVELY AS POSSIBLE. AND HERE AT KENTUCKIANA, PARKOUR IN ...

Ever wondered if there were a new sport you could pursue that — unlike skiing, paddling, cycling or climbing — required no new expensive gear and no certain location? What if you could just walk ...

Gymnastics chiefs have been accused of 'stealing' parkour after voting to include it under its umbrella of sports. Parkour is typically a street sport which involves running, jumping and climbing over ...

As she grew up, Silke Sollfrank competed at a high level as a gymnast. There was one problem – she never liked “the competition” of the sport. Everything changed for her when she was introduced to ...

Since its beginnings in the 1980s in France, parkour has been sporty – but not exactly Olympic sporty. Parkour and its cousin freerunning involve scaling urban obstacles and using the city as a ...