Spherical 4 of the 2025 UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour takes place in Longmont, Colorado from 21-23 February. Following a three-week break from competitors, senior athletes face the ultimate two rounds of the season on back-to-back weekends in North America. After a primary go to to Longmont, the World Tour verdicts will probably be determined every week later in Edmonton, Canada.
Evocatively named after an area peak and nestled within the shadow of the Rocky Mountains Nationwide Park, Longmont is a welcome addition to the UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour. It’s the newest venue in the USA to host a UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup following Durango, Bozeman and Denver. The occasion will probably be organised by the Longmont Climbing Collective, supported by the American Alpine Membership (AAC).
Motion begins on Saturday 22 February with the lead qualification and full pace competitors. On Sunday 23 February, the lead semi-finals and finals will probably be staged. The total occasion programme may be discovered right here.
Almost 90 athletes from the next member associations have registered: Canada (9), Czechia (1), France (4), Iran (1), Eire (1), Japan (7), Liechtenstein (5), Mongolia (9), the Netherlands (2), Poland (6), South Korea (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (5), United Kingdom (6), and the hosts United States (27). A full checklist of registered athletes is right here.
Lead Preview: Who can cease Sina Goetz?
Sina Goetz of Switzerland has received all three of the ladies’s lead World Cup within the 2025 season, demonstrating flawless performances on three very completely different routes. Longmont is prone to be the ultimate alternative for her nearest rivals to disclaim her the World Tour title going into the ultimate spherical in Edmonton. Woonseon Shin and Marianne van der Steen are finest poised to scale back Goetz’s sizeable hole though Catalina Shirley, at the moment in fourth place, will search to steer a gold medal cost from Staff USA. A gold for Goetz will enable her to dream of a 500-point season in Edmonton.
Present World Tour standings:
(1) S Goetz (SUI), 300 factors; (2) W Shin (KOR), 192 pts; (3) M Van der Steen (NED) 182 pts
Livestream Lead Semi Finals. Sunday 23 February. 10:00 native time (MST).
The boys’s competitors is extra vast open. South Korea’s Younggeon Lee leads. He has not been as imperious as Goetz however having medalled in all three competitions has been probably the most constant performer. Nevertheless with Lee set to be absent in Longmont, alternatives open up for these in pursuit. This consists of Benjamin Bosshard of Switzerland, recent from a primary World Cup gold medal in Champagny, in addition to Louna Ladevant – a star performer in Saas-Price however off the rostrum in Cheongsong and in Champagny. At present in fifth place, Tristan Ladevant additionally has podium ambitions whereas USA’s Keenan Griscom, silver medallists eventually years Worlds, makes his first World Cup look of the season. The prodigious 21-year outdated lately received the UIAA Ice Climbing Continental Open in Ouray. Lead routes in Longmont is not going to be steep however are prone to be technical.
Livestream Lead Finals. Sunday 23 February. 16:00 native time (MST).
Present World Tour standings:
(1) Y Lee (KOR), 230 factors; (2) B Bosshard (SUI), 216 pts, (3) L Ladevant (FRA) 177 pts
Velocity: Mongolia’s mission
Iran’s Mohammadreza Safdarian received the opening two rounds of the pace competitors however discovered himself off the rostrum in Champagny-en-Vanoise. Winner of that occasion, Mongolia’s Mandakhbayar Chuluunbaatar closed the hole on the reigning world champion to arrange a tantalising head-to-head over a duel format this weekend. Mongolia’s different main male pace climber Kherlen Nyamdoo will possible push them shut.
Present World Tour standings:
(1) M Safdarian (IRN), 255 factors; (2) M Chuluunbaatar (MGL), 217 pts; (3) M Beheshti Rad (IRN) 200 pts
Mongolia’s Selenge Nyamdoo leads the ladies’s pace competitors however has her nearest rivals – Catalina Shirley and world champion Aneta Louzecka in addition to Poland Olga Kosek are all registered and primed to benefit from any mishap in an at all times unpredictable competitors.
Livestream Velocity Finals. Saturday 22 February. 18:30 native time (MST).
Present World Tour standings:
(1) S Nyamdoo (MGL), 280 factors; (2) C Shirley (USA), 231 pts; (3) A Louzecka (CZE) 175 pts
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