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Parkour champion Mohammadreza Entezami killed in Tehran protests

Mohammadreza Entezami, a 29-year-old parkour champion and theater artist, was shot dead in Tehran’s Haft-Hoz district, leaving Iran’s traceur scene in mourning.

David Kumar•2 min read•07:23 AM

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Rogue Parkour Gym opens Skylines tickets, adds summer finals qualifiers

Tickets for Skylines are live, and Rogue Parkour Gym’s summer slate puts a July qualifier and August camps on the same calendar as Zenith Finals.

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Parkour crews evolve from local groups into media brands

Parkour crews have become media brands, and that shift now shapes who gets seen, who gets paid, and how the sport looks online.

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Lilou Ruel breaks parkour world record with 18.2-meter haystack leap

Lilou Ruel cleared 18.2 meters into hay, turning Assassin’s Creed’s Leap of Faith into a world record and a highly engineered parkour stunt.

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Parkour UK launches interview series with style star Elis Torhall

Parkour UK opened PKUK Conversations with Elis Torhall, the 22-year-old Swede it called the “notorious king of style parkour competitions” at OMFG.

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Parkour Earth sets first world championships for Brno in 2026

Brno will host Parkour Earth’s first world championships Oct. 28-Nov. 1, with Speed, Skill and Style plus four qualification routes into the field.

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Swiss Parkour Nationals 2026 set as Brno world qualifier

Swiss Parkour Nationals 2026 will double as a Brno qualifier, giving Swiss athletes a direct path into parkour’s first world championship bracket.

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FIG adds dedicated parkour section to 2026 technical regulations

FIG’s 2026 rulebook gives parkour its own Section 7, and the Istanbul World Cup work plan and U.S. selection rules show how tightly the sport is now tied to federation control.

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How parkour looks on screen differs from real practice

Parkour clips can turn a controlled line into pure spectacle. The camera's cuts, angles, and slow motion often hide the training and risk that make the move possible.

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Parkour shoes matter most for beginners, guide explains essential gear

Beginners can start parkour with almost nothing, but shoes change grip, landings, and confidence more than anything else.

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UK becomes first country to recognize parkour as a sport

Britain’s 2017 recognition gave parkour official sport status, opening the door to funding, coaching and park builds for a discipline born in France.

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West Coast Parkour Championships announces California jam series for July

West Coast Parkour Championships split July into a three-stop California circuit, opening in Elk Grove and Folsom before a July 17-19 Santa Cruz weekend.

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Gymnastics Queensland names parkour World Cup selection squad

Queensland’s parkour World Cup squad points athletes toward Montpellier and Amsterdam as the sport returns to the world stage. The selection also shows how tightly parkour now sits inside Australia’s gymnastics pathway.

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FIG blueprint shows how parkour is structured for young athletes

FIG’s youth blueprint turns parkour into three tracks, Speed, Skill and Freestyle, and that reshapes how the next generation trains for judging and World Cups.

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USA Parkour Cup adds Fletchflips guest and first flip class

Fletchflips will join the 2026 USA Parkour Cup, while Coach Eric’s first flip class starts at Loggers Run Park at 12:00 p.m., adding a hands-on layer to the weekend.

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How parkour landing mechanics turn impact into control

The real parkour skill starts at contact: landing mechanics decide how much force the body absorbs, when to roll, and how to keep moving.

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Yamakasi helped turn parkour into a global cinematic language

Yamakasi turned seven Paris traceurs into global icons, giving parkour its first cinematic vocabulary and exposing the split between real discipline and movie myth.

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Parkour glossary explains traceurs, Speed and Freestyle judging rules

Knowing traceur, Speed and Freestyle turns parkour from a blur into a score sheet, where landing quality and control deductions decide medals.

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Tim Champion returns for Parkour UK SPL 4 title showdown

Tim Champion is back in the Skill title race, and SPL 4 centers on his rematch with Brandon Hooper after the Boston loss.

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Lisses and Évry, parkour's birthplace and lasting pilgrimage site

Lisses and Évry still draw traceurs to the Dame du Lac because parkour’s birthplace is also its clearest live test of technique, memory, and identity.

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Parkour athletes show better balance in pilot study

A PubMed pilot study found traceurs held steadier balance with eyes closed, pointing to the control behind cleaner landings, rail work, and safer training.

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Parkour can boost youth team sports skills, study finds

Parkour is moving from spectacle to training tool, with studies linking it to better balance, landing control and spatial awareness in youth team sports. Basketball is the clearest test case so far.

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USPK rulebook reveals how parkour competitions are run behind the scenes

USPK’s rulebook turns parkour meets into a full operating manual, from course safety and athlete rights to inclusion, anti-doping, and event liability.

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Quindío athletes win silver in Pan American Parkour Open

Harley David Bedoya Londoño and Katherine Valencia Guerrero each won Pan American All-Around silver, lifting Quindío to five medals in San Salvador.

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Paradox Parkour launches holiday sessions blending obstacles and circus work

Paradox Parkour set three-hour holiday sessions from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday to Wednesday, pairing parkour obstacles with circus training.

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Parkour Earth unveils 2026 qualification calendar for World Championships

Parkour Earth has turned 2026 qualification into one calendar, with national federations, events and video routes all feeding into the first world championships in Brno.

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Parkour competitions still leave women feeling excluded, survey says

A survey of 17 female athletes found parkour events still miss basic fixes, from women’s categories and lower course lines to visible judges, coaches and mentors.

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Britt Hertz pits elite athletes against tiny parkour powerhouse

Britt Hertz’s July 13 clip put elite athletes against the world's smallest parkour competitor, and the size gap became the whole gamble. The challenge fit a series that has already pulled about 622,000 views.

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Parkour study finds autonomy and camaraderie drive youth participation

Parkour keeps young athletes coming back when they own the route: global survey data point to choice, friends and self-made progression, not just adrenaline.

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Parkour Earth circulates unified 2026 competition guidelines

Parkour Earth’s new 32-page framework tries to settle parkour’s biggest fight: what judges should reward, and how to make that call consistently.

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