Sport Climbing IFSC World Cup 2025

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Look at what Guiyang did to their skyline.  Promoting the comp!  Even had pics of climbers, etc.  So cool!

 

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Congrats to our winners at Guiyang!  Double gold for !

 

Women

 

Gold - Meng Shixue 

Silver - Jimin Jeong 

Bronze - Emma Hunt 

 

 

Men

 

Gold - Chu Shouhong 

Silver - Ryo Omasa 

Bronze - Leander Carmanns 

 

 

And here are our final Speed World Cup standings for 2025. 

 

 

Women

 

Gold - Emma Hunt 

Silver - Yafei Zhou 

Gold - Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 

 

Men

 

Gold - Kiromal Katibin 

Silver - Sam Watson 

Bronze - Ryo Omasa 

 

See you in Seoul next week for the WCH!    (I feel like Sam Watson is going to come back with a vengeance.)

Edited September 13, 2025 by clemsonbeav

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So, there's apparently a Grand Finale invitational event in Fukuoka  later this month (top teams sending a few athletes each) on top of a Para event at the same time...but I now have my doubts.

 

The original announcement only listed a few para classes, but this announcement indicates that all classes are now open. Also, with Canada getting a last-sec invite (seemingly due to a cancellation by a nation), is there low interest? Additionally, the Registrations page used to have who had registered from each country for the Grand Finale event (because I was surprised to see Brooke Raboutou for USA). Now, no registrations show up. On the Para event, only a few Japanese athletes show up. My final piece of evidence is that on the IFSC main page, it doesn't even appear on the upcoming events, just the Laval Para event (that is curiously scheduled on the same day, and has been there).

 

Thoughts?

Edited October 13, 2025 by clemsonbeav

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Update: It is happening, but not with the original 6 countries.  Only Japan and the USA are in from the original announcement.  Now, instead of Austria, GB, Slovenia, and France, we're getting Australia, Canada, South Korea, and Israel.  Japan and Korea are sending their A team, but the USA is not.  It's going to be an interesting team competition...we'll see how it plays out!

 

https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/events/ifsc-nations-grand-finale-fukuoka-2025/news/world-class-lineup-confirmed-for-ifsc-nations-grand-finale-2025

 

 

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I'm half-heartedly watching this Nations Grand Finale.  It's interesting for many reasons, not all of them good:

 

1) The venue is not the best looking place.  Looks like an old rusty school gym.

2) The fact that you had to get to about Ranking #14 on the teams to find 6 teams to compete shows you that it's not the best logistically.

3) The fact that not all of the teams sent their A team is also indicative that perhaps this wasn't the best-planned event.  (No shocker at all that Korea, with its A team, won Lead.)

 

But on the positive side...

4) The teams event is interesting, seeing the teammates actively helping each other, having to manage the clock, etc.

5) It's also interesting seeing the coach being able to coach.

 

I'm intrigued to see if more modes of competition come in during the 2026 calendar (whether that's more of this team business, speed relay, etc.).  I just learned of the Rock Master Lead/Boulder Duel competitions.  So many of the elite athletes just competed there (Janja, Brooke Raboutou, Adam Ondra, etc.).  It is interesting that the event in question is keeping Boulder and Lead together, now that they're totally separate at LA28.  

Edited October 25, 2025 by clemsonbeav

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I just watched the Rock Master Lead Duels...so fun!  Brooke Raboutou vs. Janja Garnbret in the Quarterfinals...that's a matchup you'll want to see! 

 

 

Edited October 25, 2025 by clemsonbeav