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2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup

The 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup was the 33rd edition of the international sport climbing competition series, held in seven locations. There are 11 events: four bouldering, five lead, and two speed events. The season began on 16 April in Meiringen, Switzerland with the first bouldering competition in the season, and concluded on 4 September in Kranj, Slovenia. The International Federation of Sport Climbing had initially scheduled 18 events concluding on 31 October, but COVID-19 travel restrictions resulted in the cancellation of events in Xiamen and Wujiang in China, Jakarta in Indonesia and Seoul in South Korea.

2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup
OrganiserIFSC
Edition33rd
Events
11
  • 4 Boulder
    5 Lead
    2 Speed
Locations
8
Dates16 April – 4 September 2021
Lead
MenItaly Stefano Ghisolfi
WomenSlovenia Janja Garnbret
TeamSlovenia Slovenia
Boulder
MenJapan Yoshiyuki Ogata
WomenUnited States Natalia Grossman
TeamJapanJapan
Speed
MenIndonesia Veddriq Leonardo
WomenUnited States Emma Hunt
TeamIndonesia Indonesia
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This season was the first completed IFSC Climbing World Cup series since the 2019 edition, as the 2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup was limited to just one event, the Briançon Lead World Cup in August 2020, due to the pandemic. The opening event in Meiringen was the first Boulder World Cup since the 2019 season. The Boulder World Cup and the Boulder and Speed World Cup scheduled for 21–22 May and 28–30 May, respectively, in Salt Lake City, United States, were the first-ever consecutive IFSC World Cups held in the same city.[1]

The top 3 in each competition receive medals, and the overall winners are awarded trophies. At the end of the season an overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

Season winners edit

Event First Second Third
Men's Lead   Stefano Ghisolfi 319 points   Sean Bailey 277 points   Masahiro Higuchi 263 points
Women's Lead   Janja Garnbret 300 points   Natalia Grossman 296 points   Laura Rogora 278 points
Men's Bouldering   Yoshiyuki Ogata 255 points   Kokoro Fujii 255 points   Adam Ondra 200 points
Women's Bouldering   Natalia Grossman 345 points   Janja Garnbret 280 points   Oriane Bertone 235 points
Men's Speed   Veddriq Leonardo 200 points   Kiromal Katibin 145 points   Marcin Dzieński 96 points
Women's Speed   Emma Hunt 131 points   Patrycja Chudziak 120 points   Aleksandra Mirosław
  Ekaterina Barashchuk 		100 points

Scheduling edit

In December 2020, the IFSC moved the 21–22 May Boulder World Cup from Munich, Germany to Salt Lake City, United States, and rescheduled the already existing Boulder & Speed World Cup in Salt Lake City from 11 to 13 June to 28–30 May, in order to minimize travel for athletes and staff.[2] In March, the federation also moved the Seoul, South Korea and Wujiang, China World Cups from April and May to October because of ongoing COVID-19 related restrictions in the respective countries.[3] In July, the Lead World Cup in Ljubljana, Slovenia was moved to Kranj, Slovenia, and rescheduled from 4–5 to 3–4 September.[4]

In August, the federation cancelled the World Cups in China: the 15–17 October Lead & Speed World Cup in Xiamen and the 22–24 October Boulder & Speed World Cup in Wujiang.[5][6] In September, the federation also cancelled the 30–31 October Speed World Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia, which had already been postponed from 23 to 24 October.[7][8] The following week, the IFSC also cancelled the Boulder and Speed World Cup in Seoul, originally scheduled for May and pushed back to October, due to rising COVID-19 cases in South Korea. The cancellation of the Jakarta and Seoul World Cups mean the bouldering and speed seasons concluded in June in Innsbruck and Villars in July, respectively.[9]

Competition highlights edit

Because of the cancellations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening World Cup event of 2021 Meiringen held 16–17 April 2021, was the first Boulder World Cup in 22 months, since Vail, Colorado in September 2019.,[10] and the first Climbing World Cup of any discipline since August 2020 in Briançon. Adam Ondra won the men's gold, his 20th career World Cup medal, with 3 tops in the final.[11] On the women's side, Slovenia's Janja Garnbret continued her winning run from her unbeaten 2019 bouldering campaign, winning the competition by topping all boulders with just four falls while 16-year-old French climber Oriane Bertone made her senior competition debut with a second-place finish behind Garnbret.[10]

Garnbret did not participate in the first of two World Cups in Salt Lake City held 21–22 May, bringing her streak of seven Boulder World Cup wins to an end. In her absence, Grossman won the gold, followed by Bertone, who again finished second, while Ondra repeated as the men's Boulder winner.[12] Grossman repeated as the winner in the second Salt Lake City event, held 28–30 May, this time becoming the first woman to defeat Garnbret, who finished second, since April 2018.[13] In the men's speed competition, Kiromal Katibin of Indonesia set a world record time of 5.258 seconds in qualifying, a record that was broken the same day by fellow Indonesian, Veddriq Leonardo, who hit the buzzer at 5.20 in the final run against Katibin.[13]

Garnbret won all three Lead World Cups she entered in 2021, winning a record 31st World Cup gold medal in Kranj in September and taking the overall season title.[14] On the men's side, Stefano Ghisolfi took the Lead season title, having won the event in Briançon in addition to two second places at the World Cups in Innsbruck and Chamonix, while Sean Bailey's two wins in Villars and Chamonix earned him second place in the overall Lead season ranking.

Broadcast incident edit

Austrian broadcaster Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) issued an apology during the Innsbruck World Cup, after showing slow-motion, close-up footage that zoomed on the chalk handprints on Johanna Färber's bottom on the event's live feed on YouTube. IFSC removed the video from its YouTube channel and replaced it a version without the footage. Färber later posted a message on her Instagram, calling the incident "disrespectful and upsetting"[15]

Overview edit

No. Location D G Gold Silver Bronze
1   Meiringen, Switzerland
April, 16–18 		B M   Adam Ondra 3T3z 10 7   Yoshiyuki Ogata 2T4z 7 9   Tomoaki Takata 1T4z 4 12
W   Janja Garnbret 4T4z 7 6   Oriane Bertone 2T4z 8 10   Natalia Grossman 2T4z 10 10
2   Salt Lake City, United States
May, 21-22[Note 1] 		B M   Adam Ondra 4T4z 8 7   Mejdi Schalck 3T4z 4 5   Jakob Schubert 3T3z 4 4
W   Natalia Grossman 4T4z 15 14   Oriane Bertone 3T4z 7 7   Brooke Raboutou 3T3z 4 3
3   Salt Lake City, United States
May, 28–30[Note 2] 		B M   Sean Bailey 2T4z 9 11   Kokoro Fujii 1T4z 9 12   Tomoa Narasaki 1T3z 1 3
W   Natalia Grossman 4T4z 4 4   Janja Garnbret 4T4z 6 6   Brooke Raboutou 3T4z 5 8
S M   Veddriq Leonardo 5.208   Kiromal Katibin fall   Marcin Dzieński 5.842
W   Aleksandra Mirosław 7.382   Emma Hunt 7.539   Miho Nonaka 8.958
4   Innsbruck, Austria
June, 23–26[Note 3] 		B M   Yoshiyuki Ogata 2T2z 7 7   Tomoa Narasaki 1T3z 2 11   Kokoro Fujii 1T1z 2 2
W   Janja Garnbret 3T3z 3 3   Natalia Grossman 3T3z 9 9   Staša Gejo 1T3z 2 6
L M   Jakob Schubert 47+   Stefano Ghisolfi 47   Sascha Lehman 38+
W   Janja Garnbret TOP   Brooke Raboutou 40   Akiyo Noguchi 38
5   Villars, Switzerland
July, 1–3 		L M   Sean Bailey 38   Alexander Megos 35+   Colin Duffy 31+
W   Janja Garnbret TOP   Laura Rogora TOP   Natalia Grossman 42+
S M   Veddriq Leonardo 5.329   Dmitrii Timofeev 7.35   Kiromal Katibin 5.306
W   Ekaterina Barashchuk 7.306   Iuliia Kaplina 8.397   Patrycja Chudziak 7.736
6   Chamonix, France
July, 12–13 		L M   Sean Bailey 34+   Stefano Ghisolfi 32   Martin Stráník 32
W   Laura Rogora TOP   Natalia Grossman 41+   Aleksandra Totkova 38+
7   Briançon, France
July, 17–18 		L M   Stefano Ghisolfi 42+   Dmitrii Fakirianov 39+   Martin Stráník 37+
W   Eliška Adamovská 36   Natalia Grossman 35+   Vita Lukan 29
8   Kranj, Slovenia
September, 3–4[Note 4] 		L M   Masahiro Higuchi 37   Luka Potočar 31+   Sebastian Halenke 31+
W   Janja Garnbret 49+   Chaehyun Seo 46   Natalia Grossman 41+
  1. ^ Originally scheduled to be held in Munich, Germany.
  2. ^ Moved from 11–13 June.
  3. ^ Boulder finals suspended after three problems because of rainstorm.
  4. ^ Originally scheduled to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Moved from 4–5 September.

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Bouldering edit

Main article: Bouldering at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup

The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. There were four competitions in the season. The national ranking is the sum of the points of that country's three best male and female athletes. Results displayed (in brackets) are not counted.

Men edit

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2021:[17]

Rank Name Points Meiringen Salt Lake City I Salt Lake City II Innsbruck
1   Yoshiyuki Ogata 255 2. 80 16. 20 4. 55 1. 100
2   Kokoro Fujii 255 4. 55 4. 55 2. 80 3. 65
3   Adam Ondra 200 1. 100 1. 100 ( — ) ( — )
4   Sean Bailey 166 13. 26 8. 40 1. 100 47. 0
5   Mejdi Schalck 157 12. 28 2. 80 9. 37 20. 12
6   Tomoa Narasaki 145 ( — ) ( — ) 3. 65 2. 80
7   Nathaniel Coleman 142 5. 51 21. 10 10. 34 6. 47
8   Nicolai Užnik 132 14. 24 11. 31 15. 22 4. 55
9   Alexander Megos 129 8. 40 9. 37 14. 24 12. 28
10   Simon Lorenzi 123.5 29. 1.5 7. 43 12. 28 5. 51

Women edit

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2021:[18]

Rank Name Points Meiringen Salt Lake City I Salt Lake City II Innsbruck
1   Natalia Grossman 345 3. 65 1. 100 1. 100 2. 80
2   Janja Garnbret 280 1. 100 ( — ) 2. 80 1. 100
3   Oriane Bertone 235 2. 80 2. 80 4. 55 16. 20
4   Brooke Raboutou 207 9. 37 3. 65 3. 65 8. 40
5   Miho Nonaka 192 7. 43 4. 55 6. 47 6. 47
6   Staša Gejo 173 13. 26 11. 31 5. 51 3. 65
7   Katja Debevec 158 6. 47 8. 40 7. 43 12. 28
8   Futaba Ito 135 ( — ) 7. 43 9. 37 4. 55
9   Akiyo Noguchi 122 4. 55 ( — ) 18. 16 5. 51
10   Mao Nakamura 92 ( — ) 10. 34 14. 24 10. 34

National Teams edit

The results of the ten most successful countries of the Bouldering World Cup 2021:[19]

Country names as used by the IFSC

Rank Name Points Meiringen Salt Lake City I Salt Lake City II Innsbruck
1   Japan 1235.0 2. 298.0 3. 231.0 2. 308.0 1. 398.0
2   United States 1088.0 3. 209.0 1. 265.0 1. 390.0 2. 224.0
3   Slovenia 798.0 1. 312.0 5. 148.0 4. 168.0 3. 170.0
4   France 635.85 4. 156.6 2. 238.75 3. 177.0 8. 63.5
5   Austria 498.25 7. 91.95 4. 204.0 10. 34.8 4. 167.5
6   Germany 403.1 6. 93.5 6. 119.0 5. 108.0 5. 82.6
7   Belgium 215.55 12. 22.0 8. 69.55 7. 51.0 6. 73.0
8   Czech Republic 200.0 5. 100.0 7. 100.0 ( — ) ( — )
9   Italy 190.6 11. 22.95 9. 66.0 9. 45.7 10. 55.95
10   Serbia 173.0 10. 26.0 11. 31.0 7. 51.0 7. 65.0

* = Joint place with another athlete

Lead edit

Further information: Lead climbing at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup

The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. There were five competitions in the season. 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.

Men edit

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2021:[20]

Rank NAME Points Innsbruck Villars Chamonix Briançon Kranj
1   Stefano Ghisolfi 319 2. 80 11. 31 2. 80 1. 100 12. 28
2   Sean Bailey 277 ( — ) 1. 100 1. 100 4. 55 15. 22
3   Masahiro Higuchi 263 4. 55 7. 43 9. 37 12. 28 1. 100
4   Luka Potočar 212 7. 43 25. 6 7. 43 8. 40 2. 80
5   Sascha Lehmann 204 3. 65 12. 28 4. 55 5. 51 26. 5
6   Martin Stráník 192.87 12. 28 32. 0.87 3. 65 3. 65 10. 34
7   Alberto Ginés López 169 5. 51 5. 51 14. 24 7. 43 ( — )
8   Sebastian Halenke 160.0 57. 0 4. 55 15. 22 17. 18 3. 65
9   Domen Škofic 135 17. 18 15. 22 25. 6 10. 34 4. 55
10   Alexander Megos 127 6. 47 2. 80 ( — ) ( — ) ( — )

Women edit

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2021:[21]

Rank NAME Points Innsbruck Villars Chamonix Briançon Kranj
1   Janja Garnbret 300 1. 100 1. 100 ( — ) ( — ) 1. 100
2   Natalia Grossman 296 25. 6 3. 65 2. 80 2. 80 3. 65
3   Laura Rogora 278 7. 43 2. 80 1. 100 ( — ) 4. 55
4   Vita Lukan 269 6. 47 5. 51 4. 55 3. 65 5. 51
5   Lucka Rakovec 185 8. 40 7. 43 23. 8 6. 47 6. 47
6   Aleksandra Totkova 168 18. 16 6. 47 3. 65 8. 40 ( — )
7   Eliška Adamovská 162 12. 28 ( — ) 10. 34 1. 100 ( — )
8   Momoko Abe 146 13. 26 4. 55 11. 31 25. 6 12. 28
9   Natsuki Tanii 128 ( — ) ( — ) 5. 51 9. 37 8. 40
9   Lana Skusek 128 16. 20 11. 31 43. 0 7. 43 10. 34

National Teams edit

The results of the ten most successful countries of the Lead World Cup 2021:[22]

Country names as used by the IFSC

Rank Nation Points Innsbruck Villars Chamonix Briançon Kranj
1   Slovenia 1244.0 2. 274.0 2. 229.0 5. 135.0 1. 230.0 1. 376.0
2   Japan 1041.0 1. 279.0 3. 193.0 4. 158.0 5. 134.0 2. 277.0
3   United States 905.95 5. 110.55 1. 269.0 2. 237.0 2. 200.5 5. 88.9
4   Italy 796.8 3. 149.75 6. 132.85 1. 244.5 4. 164.0 4. 105.7
5   France 593.95 8. 80.75 5. 147.2 3. 192.0 7. 87.0 6. 87.0
6   Germany 547.2 10. 57.2 4. 159.0 7. 91.35 6. 95.85 3. 143.8
7   Czech Republic 396.55 7. 96.0 19. 0.9 6. 99.85 3. 165.8 13. 34.0
8   Austria 364.25 4. 117.65 7. 71.75 13. 35.5 9. 77.75 8. 61.6
9   Switzerland 340.15 6. 96.3 9. 50.4 8. 86.8 10. 70.95 12. 35.7
10   Russia 262.55 9. 57.75 11. 41.8 12. 40.0 8. 80.0 11. 43.0

Speed edit

Main article: Speed climbing at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup

The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. There were two competitions in the season. The national ranking is the sum of the points of that country's three best male and female athletes. Results displayed (in brackets) are not counted.

Men edit

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Speed World Cup 2021:[23]

Rank Name Points Salt Lake City Villars
1   Veddriq Leonardo 200 1. 100 1. 100
2   Kiromal Katibin 145 2. 80 3. 65
3   Marcin Dzieński 96 3. 65 11. 31
4   John Brosler 81 4. 55 13. 26
5   Dmitrii Timofeev 80 — 2. 80
6   Pierre Rebreyend 59 7. 43 18. 16
7   Vladislav Deulin 55 — 4. 55
8   Merritt Ernsberger 51 5. 51 —
8   Mehdi Alipour 51 — 5. 51
10   Yaroslav Tkach 50 8. 40 21. 10

Women edit

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Speed World Cup 2021:[24]

Rank Name Points Salt Lake City Villars
1   Emma Hunt 131 2. 80 5. 51
2   Patrycja Chudziak 120 4. 55 3. 65
3   Aleksandra Mirosław 100* 1. 100 —
3   Ekaterina Barashchuk 100* — 1. 100
5   Anouck Jaubert 94* 5. 51 7. 43
5   Natalia Kalucka 94* 6. 47 6. 47
7   Iuliia Kaplina 85 — 2. 80
8   Capucine Viglione 74 8. 40 10. 34
9   Miho Nonaka 65 3. 65 —
10   Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 55 — 4. 55

National Teams edit

The results of the ten most successful countries of the Speed World Cup 2021:[25]

Country names as used by the IFSC

Rank Nation Points Salt Lake City Villars
1   Indonesia 503 4. 180.0 2. 323.0
2   Poland 447 2. 267.0 3. 180.0
3   United States 396.8 1. 276.0 5. 120.8
4   Russia 384 — 1. 384.0
5   France 340 3. 207.0 4. 133.0
6   140.55 5. 139.55 15. 1.0
7   Italy 132.5 7. 75.0 7. 57.5
8   Ukraine 130 6. 95.0 10. 35.0
9   Austria 101.8 8. 63.9 9. 37.9
10   85.85 9. 63.0 12. 22.85

* = Joint place with another athlete

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)55616
2  Slovenia (SLO)5218
3  Czech Republic (CZE)3025
4  Japan (JPN)23510
5  Italy (ITA)2305
6  Indonesia (INA)2114
7  Russia (RUS)1304
8  Poland (POL)1023
9  Austria (AUT)1012
10  France (FRA)0303
11  Germany (GER)0112
12  South Korea (KOR)0101
13  Bulgaria (BUL)0011
  Serbia (SER)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (15 entries)22222266

See also edit

References edit

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