Lead climbing at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup

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Lead climbing
at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup
Location
Dates4 July – 27 October 2019
Champions
Men Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra
Women Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo
  2018
2020  

Competition lead climbing at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held over six stages at six different locations, from 4 July to 27 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. Adam Ondra won the men's seasonal title, Chaehyun Seo won the women's seasonal title, and Japan won the national team title. [1]

Contents

Winners overview

DateLocationMenWomen
July, 4–6 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Villars, Switzerland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sascha Lehmann Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret
July, 11–13 Flag of France.svg Chamonix, France Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo
July, 19–20 Flag of France.svg Briançon, France Flag of Japan.svg Hidemasa Nishida Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo
September, 28–29 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranj, Slovenia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo
October, 18–20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiamen, China Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo
October, 26–27 Flag of Japan.svg Inzai, Japan Flag of Japan.svg Hiroto Shimizu Flag of South Korea.svg Jain Kim
OVERALL WINNERS Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo
NATIONAL TEAM Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Overall ranking

The 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.

Men

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2019: [2]

RankNAMEPoints Inzai Xiamen Kranj Briançon Chamonix Villars
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra 300.00( — )1. 100.001. 100.00( — )1. 100.00( — )
2 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López 256.002. 80.005. 51.003. 65.0022. 9.005. 51.0026. (5.00)
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sean McColl 206.006. 47.0026. (5.00)4. 55.005. 51.007. 43.0021. 10.00
4 Flag of Japan.svg Kai Harada 195.0025. 6.004. 55.002. 80.00( — )8. 40.0019. 14.00
5 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Ghisolfi 190.003. 65.0013. 25.006. 47.0015. 22.0026. (5.00)11. 31.00
6 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroto Shimizu 180.001. 100.00( — )( — )2. 80.00( — )( — )
7 Flag of Japan.svg Kokoro Fujii 165.0020. 12.0011. 31.005. 51.00( — )11. 31.008. 40.00
7 Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Megos 165.00( — )( — )( — )16. 20.002. 80.003. 65.00
9 Flag of the United States.svg Sean Bailey 158.008. 40.008. 40.0014. 24.006. 47.0024. 7.00( — )
10 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sascha Lehmann 152.00( — )( — )( — )13. 26.0013. 26.001. 100.00

Women

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2019: [3]

RankNAMEPoints Inzai Xiamen Kranj Briançon Chamonix Villars
1 Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo 480.003. (65.00)1. 100.001. 100.001. 100.001. 100.002. 80.00
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret 352.002. 80.004. 55.0013. (26.00)2. 80.009. 37.001. 100.00
3 Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Tanii 243.006. 47.005. 51.00( — )3. 65.008. 40.008. 40.00
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lucka Rakovec 226.0016. (20.00)6. 47.003. 65.0014. 24.007. 43.006. 47.00
5 Flag of Japan.svg Akiyo Noguchi 224.004. 55.002. 80.00( — )( — )10. 34.004. 55.00
6 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Mori 220.0020. 12.009. 37.005. 51.00( — )4. 55.003. 65.00
7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg YueTong Zhang 207.00( — )7. 43.00( — )6. 47.002. 80.009. 37.00
8 Flag of South Korea.svg Jain Kim 206.001. 100.003. 65.009. 37.00( — )( — )27. 4.00
9 Flag of Slovenia.svg Mia Krampl 189.0022. 9.0024. (7.00)7. 43.004. 55.0011. 31.005. 51.00
10 Flag of Austria.svg Jessica Pilz 176.00( — )( — )2. 80.00( — )3. 65.0011. 31.00

National Teams

The results of the ten most successful countries of the Lead World Cup 2019: [4]

Country names as used by the IFSC

RankNationPoints Inzai Xiamen Kranj Briançon Chamonix Villars
1 Flag of Japan.svg 1695345368306375(220)301
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 988(109)112210224139303
3 Flag of South Korea.svg Republic of Korea 758174206137116(106)125
4Flag of the United States.svg United States61215110375179104(22)
5 Flag of Austria.svg Austria525(47)531439116672
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 48418136146(0)14737
7Flag of France.svg France44066(44)6511211186
8 Flag of Italy.svg Italy434115909187(29)51
9 Flag of Germany.svg Germany381(24)79305113883
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 3606862(31)7511045

Villars, Switzerland (July, 4–6)

97 men and 86 women attended the event. [1]

In men's, Switzerland's Sascha Lehmann topped the final route and claimed victory in front of his home crowd. China's YuFei Pan and Germany's Alexander Megos, also topped the final route, placed second and third respectively due to count-backs to the semi-final. Japan's Tomoa Narasaki, who was leading in the semi-final round, stepped on the rope and slipped, taking sixth place. [5] [6]

In women's, Slovenia's Janja Garnbret was the winner of the event. In the semi-final round, Garnbret claimed the only top of the route despite dropping her chalk bag. [7] South Korea's 15-year-old Chaehyun Seo took second place in her first adult World Cup competition. Japan's Ai Mori, also 15 years old, took third place. South Korea's Jain Kim was forced to withdraw from the competition after suffering a finger injury in the qualification round. [5] [6]

MenWomen
RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
R1R2R1R2
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sascha Lehmann 23+TOP36+TOPGold medal icon.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret TOPTOPTOP36+
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg YuFei Pan 17+TOP32TOPSilver medal icon.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo 33+3248+35+
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Megos TOPTOP31+TOPBronze medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Ai Mori 40+32+4735+
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Domen Škofic TOP3736+39+4 Flag of Japan.svg Akiyo Noguchi 35+31+42+35+
5 Flag of Japan.svg Meichi Narasaki 32+31+31+39+5 Flag of Slovenia.svg Mia Krampl 35+333835+
6 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoa Narasaki 37+3037+34+6 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lucka Rakovec 3130+30+35+
7 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Hada 35+3036+227 Flag of France.svg Julia Chanourdie 28+33+3035+
8 Flag of Japan.svg Kokoro Fujii 35+29+33+88 Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Tanii 33+32+39+35

Chamonix, France (July, 11–13)

111 men and 103 women attended the event. [1]

In men's, Czech Republic's Adam Ondra topped both qualification routes, ascended higher than anyone else on the semi-final and final routes, and thus securing the win. Germany's Alexander Megos took second place while Austria's Jakob Schubert took third. Ondra would skip the Briançon's event to prepare for the World Championships. [8] [9]

In women's, the final's bottleneck led to count-backs to semi-final results. Eventually, South Korea's Chaehyun Seo took the win. China's YueTong Zhang placed second and Austria's Jessica Pilz third. The winner of last week's event, Slovenia's Janja Garnbret slipped on the semi-final route, placing 9th, barely missing the final. This was the first time Garnbret ever missed a Lead World Cup final. [8] [9]

MenWomen
RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
R1R2R1R2
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra TOPTOP44+47+Gold medal icon.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo TOPTOP5034+
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Megos 40+TOP3544Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg YueTong Zhang 36+39+5034+
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Austria.svg Jakob Schubert 32+TOP36+43+Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Austria.svg Jessica Pilz 41+26+5034+
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Bosi 21.5+4038+39+4 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Mori 35+41+4534+
5 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López 20+TOP42+33+5 Flag of the United States.svg Ashima Shiraishi 41+36+42+34+
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Stráník 30+41+35+31+6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Molly Thompson-Smith 2436+42+26+
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sean McColl 21.5+36+3625+7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lucka Rakovec 4226+49+25+
8 Flag of Japan.svg Kai Harada 32+TOP38+228 Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Tanii 37+26+52+17+

Briançon, France (July, 19–20)

88 men and 79 women attended the event. [1]

In men's, the Japanese team swept the podium. Hidemasa Nishida claimed the win, Hiroto Shimizu placed second, and Shuta Tanaka placed third. None of them had been on a World Cup podium before. [10] [11]

In women's, last week's winner, South Korea's Chaehyun Seo took the win again. Seo and Slovenian superstar Janja Garnbret topped the final route, but Seo pushed Garnbret to second place by count-back to the semi-final results. Japan's Natsuki Tanii placed third. [10] [11]

MenWomen
RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
R1R2R1R2
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Hidemasa Nishida 39+42+31+39+Gold medal icon.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo 39+TOPTOPTOP
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Hiroto Shimizu 40+42+38+38+Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret 38+TOP43+TOP
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Shuta Tanaka 4140+3438+Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Tanii 39+TOP43+41+
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Bosi 39+4037+384 Flag of Slovenia.svg Mia Krampl 3735+4336
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sean McColl 4043+36+385 Flag of the United States.svg Ashima Shiraishi 30+35+41+36
6 Flag of the United States.svg Sean Bailey 40+42+38+34+6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg YueTong Zhang 31+35+42+33+
7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Domen Škofic 40+43+32+34+7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Vita Lukan 3035+37.532+
8 Flag of Italy.svg Marcello Bombardi 40+38+32+34+8 Flag of France.svg Nina Arthaud 22+2637.5+24+

Kranj, Slovenia (September, 28–29)

72 men and 53 women attended the event. [1]

In men's, Czech Republic's Adam Ondra, having just won the Lead World Championships in August, claimed the only top of the final route, securing the win. Japan's Kai Harada took second place and Spain's Alberto Ginés López took third. [12] [13] [14]

In women's, South Korea's Chaehyun Seo continued her winning streak, claiming her third gold medal. Austria's Jessica Pilz took second place and Slovenia's Lucka Rakovec took third. Japan's Ai Mori topped both qualification routes and led the field in the semi-fnal round, but struggled in the final and had to settle for 5th place. Slovenia's Janja Garnbret, having just won the Lead World Championships in August, struggled in the semi-final and placed 13th. This event marked the return of South Korea's Jain Kim to the World Cup circuit after her finger injury. Kim placed 9th, barely missing a spot in the final. [12] [13] [14]

MenWomen
RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
R1R2R1R2
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra TOPTOP39+TOPGold medal icon.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo TOP29+3834.5+
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Kai Harada TOPTOP35+32Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Austria.svg Jessica Pilz TOP29+34+34.5
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López TOPTOP29+31.5+Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Lucka Rakovec 36+29+38+34+
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sean McColl 37+3527+30+4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anak Verhoeven TOP35+34+34+
5 Flag of Japan.svg Kokoro Fujii TOPTOP28+27+5 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Mori TOPTOP38+20+
6 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Ghisolfi TOPTOP30+25+6 Flag of Japan.svg Natsumi Hirano TOP27+37+20+
7 Flag of Austria.svg Jakob Schubert 37+TOP37+12+7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Mia Krampl TOP32+34+20+
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Stráník 37+3530+12+8 Flag of Japan.svg Mei Kotake TOP2334+20+

Xiamen, China (October, 18–20)

55 men and 51 women attended the event. [1]

In men's, Czech Republic's Adam Ondra claimed his third win, undefeated in the lead events he participated in. Japan's Taisei Homma and Tomoa Narasaki placed second third respectively. Japan's Kai Harada led the semi-final round but fell short in the final round, placing 4th. [15] [16]

In women's, South Korea's Chaehyun Seo topped all the routes of the event, securing her fourth consecutive win and the overall Lead World Champion title. Japan's Akiyo Noguchi claimed second place, while South Korea's Jain Kim claimed third. Slovenia's Janja Garnbret, along with Seo, topped qualification and semi-final routes, but fell trying to jump to the top on the final route, thus finishing in 4th place. [15] [16]

MenWomen
RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
R1R2R1R2
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra TOPTOP31+TOPGold medal icon.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo TOPTOPTOPTOP
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Taisei Homma 37+TOP31+TOPSilver medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Akiyo Noguchi 35+TOP38+TOP
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Tomoa Narasaki 37TOP31+TOPBronze medal icon.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Jain Kim 35+TOP38+TOP
4 Flag of Japan.svg Kai Harada TOPTOP35+31+4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret TOPTOPTOP37+
5 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López TOPTOP31+29+5 Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Tanii 35+TOP33.537+
6 Flag of Japan.svg Meichi Narasaki 38TOP31+266 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lucka Rakovec TOPTOP33+37+
7 Flag of the United States.svg Jesse Grupper TOPTOP31+25+7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg YueTong Zhang 35+TOPTOP34+
8 Flag of the United States.svg Sean Bailey 37+TOP31+23+8 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ievgeniia Kazbekova 35+TOP36+31+
9 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Mori TOPTOP33+10+

Inzai, Japan (October, 26–27)

54 men and 52 women attended the event. [1]

In men's, Japan's Hiroto Shimizu claimed the gold medal. Spain's Alberto Ginés López placed second and Italy's Stefano Ghisolfi third. Czech Republic's Adam Ondra, absent from the competition, claimed the lead season's champion title. [17] [18] [19]

In women's, South Korea's veteran Jain Kim topped the final route and secured the win, claiming her 30th gold medal in the World Cup competitions. Slovenia's Janja Garnbret was leading the competition coming into the final, but could not match Kim's top in the final round, thus placed second. South Korea's Chaehyun Seo, the lead season's overall champion, finished in third place. [17] [18] [19]

MenWomen
RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
R1R2R1R2
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Hiroto Shimizu 38+38+32+38+Gold medal icon.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Jain Kim TOPTOP33+TOP
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López 34+TOPTOP36+Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret TOPTOP4139
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Ghisolfi 38+TOP32+32+Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo 35+35+33+37+
4 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Hada 38+TOP31+28+4 Flag of Japan.svg Akiyo Noguchi TOPTOP3036+
5 Flag of the United States.svg Jesse Grupper 31+17+30+28+5 Flag of Japan.svg Miho Nonaka 35+TOP28+34+
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sean McColl 38+2+3427+6 Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Tanii TOP3528+34+
7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Loïc Timmermans 30+33+30+22+7 Flag of Italy.svg Laura Rogora TOP3628+20
8 Flag of the United States.svg Sean Bailey 35+31+3419+8 Flag of Japan.svg Aika Tajima 30+35+2919+
9 Flag of Japan.svg Meichi Narasaki 31+17+30+19+

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