Lead climbing at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup

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Lead climbing
at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup
Location
Dates23 June – 4 September 2021
Champions
Men Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Ghisolfi
Women Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret
  2020
2022  

Competition lead climbing at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held at five locations, from 23 June to 4 September 2021. The International Federation of Sport Climbing had initially scheduled six competition-lead climbing events concluding on 17 October, but COVID-19 travel restrictions resulted in the cancellation of the event in Xiamen, China. [1]

Contents

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. Stefano Ghisolfi won the men's seasonal title, Janja Garnbret won the women's seasonal title, and Slovenia won the national team title. [2]

Overview

DateLocationVenueRoute-setters*MenWomen
June, 23–26 Flag of Austria.svg Innsbruck, AustriaKletterzentrum Innsbruck [3]
  • Flag of Poland.svg Adam Pustelnik
  • Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Zbranek
  • Flag of Japan.svg Okano Hiroshi
Flag of Austria.svg Jakob Schubert Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret
July, 1–3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Villars, SwitzerlandPlace du Rendez-Vous [4]
  • Flag of France.svg Julien Gras
  • Flag of Germany.svg Christian Bindhammer
  • Flag of Austria.svg Reinhard Fichtinger
Flag of the United States.svg Sean Bailey Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret
July, 12–13 Flag of France.svg Chamonix, FrancePlace du Mont Blanc [5]
  • Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Wszolek
  • Flag of France.svg Vincent De Girolamo
  • Flag of Austria.svg Florian Murnig
Flag of the United States.svg Sean Bailey Flag of Italy.svg Laura Rogora
July, 17–18 Flag of France.svg Briançon, FranceParc des Sports [6]
  • Flag of Austria.svg Martin Hammerer
  • Flag of Russia.svg Anna Gallyamova
  • Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Gnerro
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Ghisolfi Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eliška Adamovská
September, 3–4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranj, SloveniaDvorana Zlato polje [7]
  • Flag of France.svg Vincent De Girolamo
  • Flag of France.svg Julien Gras
  • Flag of Austria.svg Martin Hammerer
Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Higuchi Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret
OVERALL WINNERS Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Ghisolfi Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret
NATIONAL TEAM Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia

* Chief route-setters are in bold.

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 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

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2021: [8]

RankNAMEPoints Innsbruck Villars Chamonix Briançon Kranj
1 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Ghisolfi 3192. 8011. 312. 801. 10012. 28
2 Flag of the United States.svg Sean Bailey 277( — )1. 1001. 1004. 5515. 22
3 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Higuchi 2634. 557. 439. 3712. 281. 100
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Potočar 2127. 4325. 67. 438. 402. 80
5 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sascha Lehmann 2043. 6512. 284. 555. 5126. 5
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Stráník 192.8712. 2832. 0.873. 653. 6510. 34
7 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López 1695. 515. 5114. 247. 43( — )
8 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Halenke 160.057. 04. 5515. 2217. 183. 65
9 Flag of Slovenia.svg Domen Škofic 13517. 1815. 2225. 610. 344. 55
10 Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Megos 1276. 472. 80( — )( — )( — )

Women

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2021: [9]

RankNAMEPoints Innsbruck Villars Chamonix Briançon Kranj
1 Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret 3001. 1001. 100( — )( — )1. 100
2 Flag of the United States.svg Natalia Grossman 29625. 63. 652. 802. 803. 65
3 Flag of Italy.svg Laura Rogora 2787. 432. 801. 100( — )4. 55
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Vita Lukan 2696. 475. 514. 553. 655. 51
5 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lucka Rakovec 1858. 407. 4323. 86. 476. 47
6 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aleksandra Totkova 16818. 166. 473. 658. 40( — )
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eliška Adamovská 16212. 28( — )10. 341. 100( — )
8 Flag of Japan.svg Momoko Abe 14613. 264. 5511. 3125. 612. 28
9 Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Tanii 128( — )( — )5. 519. 378. 40
9 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lana Skusek 12816. 2011. 3143. 07. 4310. 34

National Teams

The results of the ten most successful countries of the Lead World Cup 2021: [10]

Country names as used by the IFSC

RankNationPoints Innsbruck Villars Chamonix Briançon Kranj
1 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 1244.02. 274.02. 229.05. 135.01. 230.01. 376.0
2 Flag of Japan.svg 1041.01. 279.03. 193.04. 158.05. 134.02. 277.0
3Flag of the United States.svg United States905.955. 110.551. 269.02. 237.02. 200.55. 88.9
4 Flag of Italy.svg Italy796.83. 149.756. 132.851. 244.54. 164.04. 105.7
5Flag of France.svg France593.958. 80.755. 147.23. 192.07. 87.06. 87.0
6 Flag of Germany.svg Germany547.210. 57.24. 159.07. 91.356. 95.853. 143.8
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 396.557. 96.019. 0.96. 99.853. 165.813. 34.0
8 Flag of Austria.svg Austria364.254. 117.657. 71.7513. 35.59. 77.758. 61.6
9 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland340.156. 96.39. 50.48. 86.810. 70.9512. 35.7
10 Flag of Russia.svg Russia262.559. 57.7511. 41.812. 40.08. 80.011. 43.0

Innsbruck, Austria (June, 23–26)

Men

99 men competed in the event. [11]

Italy's Stefano Ghisolfi set an early high-point in the final which could only be surpassed by Austria's Jakob Schubert who took first place in front of his home crowd. Switzerland's Sascha Lehmann took third place after pushing Japan's Masahiro Higuchi to fourth place on count-back. Czech Republic's superstar Adam Ondra slipped low down on the final route and placed 8th. [12]

RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
Route 1Route 2Points
ScoreRankScoreRank
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Austria.svg Jakob Schubert 38138+31.7339+47+
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Ghisolfi 3733565.131+47
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sascha Lehmann 34+831+1411.6239+38+
4 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Higuchi 373118918.9734+38+
5 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López 321634+812.3341+37+
6 Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Megos 37339+22.8338+37+
7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Potočar 32+13233421.8239+27+
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Ondra 37+2TOP11.4142+17

Women

75 women competed in the event. [13]

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret claimed the only top on the final route, claiming the win. USA's Brooke Raboutou placed second while Japan's Akiyo Noguchi placed third. [12]

RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
Route 1Route 2Points
ScoreRankScoreRank
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret TOP1TOP11.4142+TOP
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg Brooke Raboutou 39+4TOP12.8336.5+40
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Akiyo Noguchi 311135+47.532+33+
4 Flag of Russia.svg Viktoriia Meshkova 31+733+1010.913522+
5 Flag of Japan.svg Miho Nonaka 311133+1013.233222+
6 Flag of Slovenia.svg Vita Lukan 4133474.935+19+
7 Flag of Italy.svg Laura Rogora 46+2TOP12.04213+
8 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lucka Rakovec 3353476.3236.5+13+

Villars, Switzerland (July, 1–3)

Men

68 men competed in the event. [14]

USA's Sean Bailey won the gold medal. Germany's Alexander Megos took second while USA's Colin Duffy took third. [15] [16]

RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
Route 1Route 2Points
ScoreRankScoreRank
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg Sean Bailey TOP132+189.644038
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Megos 39+8TOP15.6137+35+
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg Colin Duffy 38+16TOP17.043631+
4 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Halenke 39+832+1818.0437+26.5+
5 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López 39+8331512.9640+26.5
6 Flag of France.svg Paul Jenft 3521TOP18.313626
7 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Higuchi 39+832+1818.0437+12
8 Flag of Japan.svg Zento Murashita 352134814.7836+11+

Women

53 women competed in the event. [17]

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret topped all the routes in the competition, taking the win. Italy's Laura Rogora also topped the final route, but took silver due to count-back. USA's Natalia Grossman took bronze. [15] [16]

RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
Route 1Route 2Points
ScoreRankScoreRank
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret TOP1TOP11.41TOPTOP
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg Laura Rogora 20+17TOP17.3545+TOP
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg Natalia Grossman 35+540+45.2434+42+
4 Flag of Japan.svg Momoko Abe 36+3TOP12.6535+40+
5 Flag of Slovenia.svg Vita Lukan 20+1740+412.1935+40+
6 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aleksandra Totkova 32+635+118.4636+33+
7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lucka Rakovec 37240+43.3240+17+
8 Flag of Slovenia.svg Mia Krampl 36+335126.483517+

Chamonix, France (July, 12–13)

Men

73 men competed in the event. [18]

USA's Sean Bailey claimed his second win in the Lead World Cup. Italy's Stefano Ghisolfi and Czech Republic's Martin Stráník fell at the same crux in the final round and placed second and third respectively on count-back. [19] [20]

RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
Route 1Route 2Points
ScoreRankScoreRank
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg Sean Bailey 37+540108.314334+
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Ghisolfi 32+26TOP111.624632
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Stráník 35+10391714.94332
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sascha Lehmann 378TOP16.047+29
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Victor Baudrand TOP138215.6141+28+
6 Flag of Italy.svg Marcello Bombardi 35+1040+910.3941+26+
7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Potočar 33+19401015.914525+
8 Flag of France.svg Paul Jenft 32+26TOP111.6245+25

Women

62 women competed in the event. [21]

Italy's Laura Rogora topped three out of four routes in the competition, earning her a gold medal. USA's Natalia Grossman placed second while Bulgaria's Aleksandra Totkova placed third. [19] [20]

RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
Route 1Route 2Points
ScoreRankScoreRank
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg Laura Rogora 44+21TOP19.81TOPTOP
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg Natalia Grossman 502TOP13.24TOP41+
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aleksandra Totkova 5024874.58TOP38+
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Vita Lukan 49+541+128.49TOP38+
5 Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Tanii 44+2147814.83TOP32+
6 Flag of France.svg Julia Chanourdie 498TOP15.77TOP29+
7 Flag of the United States.svg Ashima Shiraishi 471840+1415.87TOP29+
8 Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Fakhritdinova 498TOP15.77TOP28+

Briançon, France (July, 17–18)

Men

68 men competed in the event. [22]

Italy's Stefano Ghisolfi fell high on the head-wall and won the gold medal. Russia's Dmitrii Fakirianov and Czech Republic's Martin Stráník placed second and third respectively. [23] [20]

RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
Route 1Route 2Points
ScoreRankScoreRank
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Ghisolfi 32+232+43.042+42+
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg Dmitrii Fakirianov 155233+211.5140+39+
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Stráník 29+32985.6639+37+
4 Flag of the United States.svg Sean Bailey 29+327168.042+36
5 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sascha Lehmann 22+1632+49.2537+35
6 Flag of Ukraine.svg Fedir Samoilov 29627+139.543735
7 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López 22+1633+26.893727+
8 Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Potočar 33130+72.653722

Women

56 women competed in the event. [24]

Czech Republic's Eliška Adamovská claimed her first gold medal. USA's Natalia Grossman placed second while Slovenia's Vita Lukan placed third. [23] [20]

RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
Route 1Route 2Points
ScoreRankScoreRank
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eliška Adamovská 30527+179.35TOP36
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg Natalia Grossman 34+13611.0TOP35+
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Vita Lukan 124935+213.1TOP29
4 Flag of the United States.svg Ashima Shiraishi 23+2332+813.98TOP27+
5 Flag of Japan.svg Ryu Nakagawa 31+3243711.5336+27+
6 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lucka Rakovec 33+235+22.65TOP26+
7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lana Skusek 28+734+67.553824+
8 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aleksandra Totkova 27+14281514.734122+

Kranj, Slovenia (September, 3–4)

Men

61 men competed in the event. [25]

Japan's Masahiro Higuchi won his first World Cup gold medal. Slovenia's Luka Potočar placed second and Germany's Sebastian Halenke placed second and third respectively on count-back. Italy's Stefano Ghisolfi, placing 12th in the competition, was crowned this season overall Lead World Cup champion. [26]

RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
Route 1Route 2Points
ScoreRankScoreRank
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Higuchi 29+1437+812.9641+37
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Potočar 18+46TOP110.954131+
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Halenke 29+143859.840+31+
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Domen Škofic TOP1TOP13.7129+31+
5 Flag of Ukraine.svg Fedir Samoilov 25+2537+816.8437+30+
6 Flag of Japan.svg Satone Yoshida 29+1437+812.9640+16+
7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Milan Preskar TOP1351910.4934+15+
8 Flag of Japan.svg Ao Yurikusa TOP13855.7433+15+

Women

45 women competed in the event. [27]

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret, back from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, claimed the gold medal and by doing so also claimed the overall Lead World Cup title. South Korea's Chaehyun Seo claimed silver while USA's Natalia Grossman claimed bronze. [26]

RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinal
Route 1Route 2Points
ScoreRankScoreRank
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret TOP143+85.3447+49+
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Chaehyun Seo TOP1TOP13.03646
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg Natalia Grossman 29+10TOP16.037+41+
4 Flag of Italy.svg Laura Rogora TOP1TOP13.044+39
5 Flag of Slovenia.svg Vita Lukan 34+643+88.1538+39
6 Flag of Slovenia.svg Lucka Rakovec 291544710.4236+34+
7 Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Fakhritdinova 34+6TOP14.5835+31+
8 Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Tanii 25+18362824.1734+26

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