For the second UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup in a row, the 4 gold medals have been claimed by athletes from Mongolia and Switzerland. In actual fact, three of the 4 winners in Champagny-en-Vanoise three weeks in the past emerged victorious through the first ever UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup in Longmont, Colorado (USA).
Moreover, three of this weekend’s female and male lead and pace winners are all now high of the World Tour rankings. Following 4 rounds in Asia, Europe and in North America, the ultimate verdicts will probably be determined in Edmonton, Canada subsequent weekend.
The inaugural UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup in Longmont, the primary held within the USA since 2019, was organized by the Longmont Climbing Collective and supported by the American Alpine Membership (AAC). The occasion welcome almost 90 athletes from 14 international locations.
Nonetheless, whereas the headlines have been claimed by the World Tour’s in kind athletes, climbers from eight international locations made the rostrum.
Picture credit score: UIAA/Jean Jeanneret
Lead: Double Swiss triumph
Having gained his first ever World Cup in Champagny in Spherical 3, Switzerland’s Benjamin Bosshard has clearly developed a style for fulfillment. On a brief, technical route, he was in a position to maintain off a powerful problem from Group France who noticed Louna Ladevant, Virgile Devin and Tristan Ladevant place second, third and fourth respectively. The boys’s ultimate welcomed climbers from 5 international locations – Canada, america and United Kingdom have been additionally represented within the final eight.
Livestream Replay: Lead Finals
It units up an exhilarating ultimate spherical in Edmonton subsequent weekend with Louna Ladevant nonetheless in with an opportunity of reclaiming the World Tour title. Nonetheless, Bosshard holds what seems to be a comparatively safe 59-point lead. Tristan Ladevant will hope to maneuver into the World Tour podium locations with the present incumbent Younggeon Lee unlikely to climb once more this season.
Present World Tour standings:
(1) B Bosshard (SUI) 316 pts; (2) L Ladevant (FRA) 257 pts; (3) Y Lee (KOR) 230 pts
The ladies’s competitors has been dominated by one athlete: Switzerland’s Sina Goetz. She now has 4 wins from 4 World Cups. In Longmont, she topped the route in a fast 4 minutes, 30 seconds. Goetz wanted to be agile as her nearest rival Marianne van der Steen additionally topped, ending in slightly below six minutes. Poland’s Olga Kosek confirmed her versatility claiming bronze having completed third within the pace occasion in Champagny. Going into this season, Goetz had only one World Cup to her identify. She now has 5 and has the World Tour title secured. Will anybody have the ability to deny her a clear sweep subsequent weekend in Edmonton?
Present World Tour standings:
(1) S Goetz (SUI) 400 pts; (2) M Van der Steen (NED) 262 pts; (3) C Shirley (USA) 230 pts
Pace: Mongolia units the usual
Mongolia as soon as once more emerged with the pace gold medals though it was not the identical pair of athletes who triumphed this weekend.
Selenge Nyamdoo claimed the ladies’s occasion – her third gold medal in a row to proceed a tremendous season the place she has one silver and three victories. She registered the quickest time within the ultimate of 12.64 to see off the USA’s Catalina Shirley, 13.64, and Aneta Louzecka, the reigning world champion from Czechia, who ascended in 13.93. Shirley is having some season – that was her second silver medal so as to add to the gold she claimed in Cheongsong.
Present World Tour standings:
(1) S Nyamdoo (MGL) 380 pts; (2) C Shirley (USA) 311 pts; (3) A Louzecka (CZE) 240 pts
Livestream Replay: Pace Finals
The boys’s pace competitors is probably the most open of all of the disciplines going into the ultimate spherical in Edmonton. With a pulsating time of seven.43, Kherlen Nyamdoo lastly struck gold after a bronze and two silvers this season. That was sufficient to see off his compatriot Mandakhbayar Chuluunbaatar who clocked 8.67. Samuel Serra, USA, gained his first ever UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup medal, taking bronze in 9.07. Simply 9 factors separate the 2 Mongolians teammates within the standings. Edmonton guarantees fireworks on the pace wall.
Present World Tour standings:
(1) M Chuluunbaatar (MGL) 297 pts; (2) Okay Nyamdoo (MGL) 288 pts; (3) M Safdarian (IRN) 255 pts
Regardless of difficult ice situations brought on by climate and tools points, the Longmont Climbing Collective hosted an unbelievable first-time occasion. Whereas the pace finals confronted surprising problems, the UIAA alongside the native organizers tailored the format – from duel to single format, guaranteeing the finals have been successful. The UIAA extends its gratitude to the athletes and organizers for his or her resilience, sportsmanship, and dedication, making for an unforgettable weekend of climbing.
A preview of the ultimate UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup of the season, and the World Tour decider, in Edmonton, Canada will, be revealed on Thursday 27 February.
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