Dozens of elite Lead climbers will travel to Chamonix, France, on July 11th-12th for the start of the 2016Lead World Cup series.The best Speed athletes in the world will join them for the third Speed WorldCup of the season.
An Annual Tradition
Chamonix is a small commune on the eastern border ofFrance. The "gateway to the European Cascades" has longbeen a staple on the IFSC climbing circuit. This year, theoutdoor hub continues its international competitiontradition by hosting its ninth World Cup in the past tenyears.
Adding Hardware
Reigning Lead World Cup champion and 2015 Chamonixvictor Mina Markovic of Slovenia will defend her titleagainst another strong field. Her Slovenian teammate,Janja Garnbret, earned a medal in all three events in whichshe competed last year, and the rising star is poised formore podiums this year. Three-time season champion JainKim of Korea and Jessica Pilz of Austria finished in secondand third place last year, and they will be forces to reckonwith in Chamonix.For the men, climbing legend Adam Ondra of the CzechRepublic
will not be competing this year. Many strongathletes will tryto replace his spot atop the rankings,including Gautier Supper of France and Domen Skofic ofSlovenia. Both athletes won their first World Cup last year,and the pair will battle to collect another Gold next week.
The seasoned Jakob Schubert of Austria finished third lastyear and will also be in attendance.
QuickOut of the Gate
Libor Hroza is currently ranked first among Speedathletes, but he has yet to win a World Cup this year due tofalse starts. The veteran athlete from the Czech Republicconcluded the past three seasons in second place, and hewill likely need to resolve this issue in order to maintain histop position. 2016 victors Reza Alipourshenazandifar ofIran and Dmitrii Timofeev of Russia should also make
strong showings in Chamonix.For the women, the question is whether Iuliia Kaplina ofRussia will win another Gold. If she can pull off the feat,she will become the first woman to win three consecutiveSpeed World Cups since the formation of the IFSC in 2007.Chonqing and Nanjing runner-upsKlaudia Buczek ofPoland and Alla Marenych of Ukraine will try to stop her onMonday.
Catch the Action!
Live streaming will be available for the Speed finals, Leadsemi-finals and Lead finals. Tune-in to the IFSC homepageto witness the excitement:www.ifsc-climbing.org
Further information can be found on the dedicatedChamonix event page. As always, please reach out to us on
Twitter during the competition with the hashtag#IFSCwc.
IFSC WORLD CUP (L,S) CHAMONIX (FRA)
Provisional Program (GMT+2)
Monday, July 11
10:00-15:00 Men & Women Lead
Qualification
16:00 Men & Women Speed
Qualification
21:00 Men & Women Speed
Finals (LIVE)
22:00 Award Ceremony (LIVE)
Tuesday, July 12 (LIVE)
10:00-12:30 Men & Women Lead
Semi-Finals
21:00 Men’s Lead Finals
22:00 Women’s Lead Finals
23:00 Award Ceremony
CURRENT SPEED WORLD CUP RANKINGS
As of IFSC Climbing World Cup (S) – Nanjing (CHN) 2016 (07.05.2016)
WOMEN SPEED
# NAME NATION POINTS
1 KAPLINA Iuliia RUS 200.00
2 BUCZEK Klaudia POL 123.00
2 MARENYCH Alla UKR 123.00
4 RUDZINSKA Aleksandra POL 120.00
4 TSYGANOVA Anna RUS 105.00
6 JAUBERT Anouck FRA 91.00
7 ITA TRIANA Purnamasari INA 89.00
8 SARISSON Aurelia FRA 84.00
9 HE Cuilian CHN 73.00
10 LACH Nina AUT 71.00
MENS SPEED
# NAME NATION POINTS
1 HROZA Libor CZE 160.00
2 ALIPOURSHENA. Reza IRI 143.00
2 TIMOFEEV Dmitrii RUS 143.00
4 DZIENSKI Marcin POL 120.00
5 BOLDYREV Danyii UKR 112.00
6 MAWEM Bassa FRA 98.00
7 KOKORIN Stanislav RUS 95.00
8 VAITSEKHOVSKII Evgenii RUS 79.00
9 SHILOV Aleksandr RUS 68.00
10 ABUDZAR Yulianto INA 63.00
CURRENT WORLD LEAD RANKINGS
As of IFSC Climbing World Cup (L) – Kranj (SLO) 2015 (14.11.2015)
WOMEN LEAD
# NAME NATION POINTS
1 HROZA Libor CZE 160.00
2 ALIPOURSHENA. Reza IRI 143.00
2 TIMOFEEV Dmitrii RUS 143.00
4 DZIENSKI Marcin POL 120.00
5 BOLDYREV Danyii UKR 112.00
6 MAWEM Bassa FRA 98.00
7 KOKORIN Stanislav RUS 95.00
8 VAITSEKHOVSKII Evgenii RUS 79.00
9 SHILOV Aleksandr RUS 68.00
10 ABUDZAR Yulianto INA 63.00
# NAME NATION POINTS
1 MARKOVIC Mina SLO 460.94
2 PILZ Jessica AUT 391.95
3 KIM Jain KOR 379.73
4 VERHOEVEN Anak BEL 329.96
5 JANICOT Hélène FRA 261.22
6 KOBAYASHI Yuka JPN 200.90
7 GARNBRET Janja SLO 192.70
8 OTA Risa JPN 173.50
9 KALAN Tjasa SLO 168.99
10 BECERRA Mathilde FRA 165.61
MEN LEAD
# NAME NATION POINTS
1 ONDRA Adam CZE 389.94
2 SCHUBERT Jakob AUT 351.05
3 SUPPER Gautier FRA 348.73
4 SKOFIC Domen SLO 322.21
5 DESGRANGES Romain FRA 300.16
6 JULIAN PUIGBLANQUE Ramón ESP 270.43
7 HALENKE Sebastian GER 224.33
8 MCCOLL Sean CAN 208.02
9 GHISOLFI Stefano ITA 205.02
10 NAKANO Minoru JPN 195.11
For more information, please contact:
Pierre-Emmanuel DANGER, Press Officer, systemdMobile: +33 672230735 l Email: press@ifsc-climbing.orgAnne FUYNEL, Director of Marketing & Communications, IFSCMobile: +33 640469961 l Email: anne.fuynel@ifsc-climbing.org
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