Speed climbing at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup
Competition speed climbing in the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held over six stages at six different locations, from 12 April to 20 October 2019. The top three in each competition received medals, and at the end of the season, the overall winners were awarded trophies. The overall winners were determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. Bassa Mawem won the men's seasonal title, YiLing Song won the women's seasonal title, and Russian Federation defended its national team title.[1][2] Winners overview
Records broken
Overall rankingThe overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. There are six competitions in the season, but only the best five attempts are counted. The national ranking is the sum of the points of that country's three best male and female athletes. Results displayed in parentheses are not counted. MenThe results of the ten most successful athletes of the Speed World Cup 2019:[5]
WomenThe results of the ten most successful athletes of the Speed World Cup 2019:[6]
National TeamsThe results of the ten most successful countries of the Lead World Cup 2019:[7] Country names as used by the IFSC
Moscow, Russia (April, 12–14)Men91 men attended the event.[8] France's Bassa Mawem took the win. Russia's Vladislav Deulin placed second while Indonesia's Aspar Jaelolo placed third. World record holder, Iran's Reza Alipourshenazandifar placed 7th.[9]
Women76 women attended the event.[10] China's YiLing Song won her first gold medal in the World Cup circuit after a tight race in the final against France's Anouck Jaubert who took second place. Russia's Iuliia Kaplina took third place.[9]
Chongqing, China (April, 26–28)Men85 men attended the event.[11] Indonesia's Alfian Muhammad took the win. Ukraine's Kostiantyn Pavlenko placed second and Russia's Sergey Rukin third. France's Bassa Mawem, Moscow's winner, was eliminated early in the competition, placing 15th.[12][13]
Women74 women attended the event.[14] China's YiLing Song won her second gold medal. Song also set a new world record (7.101 seconds) in the quarter-final race against Poland’s Natalia Kalucka. Poland's Aleksandra Miroslaw took silver and Russia's Iuliia Kaplina took bronze.[12][13]
Wujiang, China (May, 3–5)Men85 men attended the event.[15] Russia's Dmitrii Timofeev beat France's Bassa Mawem in the final race and claimed the gold medal. Mawem took second place while Italy's Ludovico Fossali took third place.[16]
Women68 women attended the event.[17] Poland's Aleksandra Miroslaw won the gold medal after a tight final race against Indonesia's Aries Susanti Rahayu. Rahayu placed second while France's Anouck Jaubert placed third. China's YiLing Song, who had just set a new world record last week in Chongqing, slipped in an early race against Poland’s Aleksandra Kalucka and finished the competition in 16th place.[16]
Villars, Switzerland (July, 4–6)Men84 men attended the event.[18] Russia's Aleksandr Shikov and Dmitrii Timofeev placed first and second respectively. The Czech Republic’s Jan Kriz beat France's Bassa Mawem in the small final and earned a bronze medal.[19]
Women73 women attended the event.[20] France's Anouck Jaubert took the gold medal after winning a final race against China's YiLing Song. Song earned a silver medal while Russia's Elizaveta Ivanova earned bronze after beating China's Di Niu in the small final.[19]
Chamonix, France (July, 11–13)Men97 men attended the event.[21] Indonesia's Alfian Muhammad took the win. China's QiXin Zhong placed second while Russia's Vladislav Deulin placed third.[22]
Women83 women attended the event.[23] China's YiLing Song earned a gold medal. Russia's Elizaveta Ivanova placed second while Poland's Aleksandra Kalucka placed third.[22]
Xiamen, China (October, 18–20)Men65 men attended the event.[24] China's QiXin Zhong won the gold medal. Russia's Lev Rudatskiy and Vladislav Deulin placed second and third respectively.[25][26]
Women51 women attended the event.[27] Indonesia's Aries Susanti Rahayu set a new world record (6.995 seconds) in the final race against China's YiLing Song and claimed the gold medal. Rahayu also became the first woman in the history to break the 7-second barrier. Song claimed the silver while Russia's Mariia Krasavina claimed the bronze.[25][26]
References
|