Following the launch of the provisional UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour calendar for 2024-2025, please discover the next updates:
Calendar Replace
The UIAA has been engaged in a variety of discussions and conferences with occasion organizers. This has included engaged on the programmes of the occasions, guidelines and laws and technical briefs relating to competitors buildings.
The next two updates at the moment are confirmed:
The annual UIAA Ice Climbing World Youth Championships will happen on the 7-9 February 2025. The venue will likely be confirmed within the subsequent 10 days.
On an unlucky notice, the Chinese language Mountaineering Affiliation (CMA) have cancelled the primary World Cup of the 12 months which was scheduled to be in China from the 3-5 January 2025.
The opposite occasions for this coming season detailed within the provisional calendar launch are all on the right track to go forward. Further data will develop into out there when the Athlete Handbook is printed in mid-October.
“We’re delighted with how the calendar for the 2024-2025 season has come collectively,” explains UIAA Sports activities Occasion Coordinator Rob Adie. “Having World Cups on three continents will assist showcase the game in several territories, with additional enlargement already deliberate for the 2026 season. As soon as once more there may be a formidable variety of Continental stage occasions. These competitions not solely present the proper alternative to arrange for the worldwide occasions however as a sequence supply a first-class stage of climbing.”
2024-2025 UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour Calendar
World Cups
10-12 January – Cheongsong, South Korea
24-25 January – Saas-Charge, Switzerland
31 January – 2 February – Champagny-en-Vanoise, France
21-23 February – Longmont, USA
27 February – 1 March – Edmonton, Canada
World Youth Championships
7-9 February – Venue TBC
Continental Cups & Youth Occasions
23 November – Zilina, Slovakia
30 November – Bern, Switzerland
7 December – Brno, Czech Republic – Youth Classes
14 December – Utrecht, Netherlands – Youth Classes
25 January – Ouray, USA
8-9 March – Sunderland, England – Youth Classes
Different Occasions
11-13 October – Youth Coaching Camp, Brno, Czech Republic
18-20 October – Continental Coaching Camp, Brno, Czech Republic
Coaching Camps
The annual UIAA Ice Climbing Coaching Camp held in Brno, Czech Republic goes forward this 12 months on the 18-20 October, with the addition of a Youth Coaching Camp for the primary time to be held on the 11-13 October – there may be nonetheless time to register for these camps – and for full data and registration particulars, please comply with the hyperlinks.
On Skinny Ice
Episode 3 of On Skinny Ice was launched in mid-September. This compelling sequence particulars the ups and downs of the athletes competing on the 2024 UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour. Please go to the devoted playlist for previous episodes. The following episode will likely be launched on 20 October.
The UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour 2024-25, partnered by Outside Analysis, guarantees to offer gripping motion throughout three completely different continents.
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