Competition lead climbing at the 2024 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held over six stages at six different locations, from 12 April to 6 October 2025. 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 40 of each event. Toby Roberts won the men's season title, Jessica Pilz won the women's season title, and Japan won the national team title.[1]
The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 40 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 twenty most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2024:[2]
In the men's, Toby Roberts won the competition ahead of Taisei Homma. In the final, Roberts and Homma received identical scores. Roberts was awarded the gold by virtue of his better semi-final performance. Sorato Anraku won the bronze medal.[5]
In women's, Slovenian Janja Garnbret won the competition — topping all the routes. China's Luo Zhilu finished second, claiming her first lead World Cup medal. South Korea's Seo Chae-hyun placed third.[6]
In men's, last year's winner Sascha Lehmann failed to advance past the semi-finals. Austrian Jakob Schubert won the competition — his first Innsbruck lead World Cup win since 2021. Germany's Alexander Megos and Great Britain's Toby Roberts claimed silver and bronze respectively.[8]
In women's, identical final and semi-final scores led to count-back to the qualifiers to determine first and second place. Eventually, Slovenia's Janja Garnbret took the win, clipping the final quickdraw to top the final route. Japan's Ai Mori and South Korea's Seo Chae-hyun placed second and third respectively.[9]
In men's, USA's Colin Duffy climbed second in the final, setting the high point for the other finalists. The other finalists failed to match or surpass his high point, allowing Duffy to win ahead of France's Sam Avezou and Great Britain's Toby Roberts who won silver and bronze respectively.[11][12]
In women's, Japan's Ai Mori and Austria's Jessica Pilz both topped the final route. First and second placed on the podium were determined by countback to the semi-finals. Mori won ahead of Pilz due to her superior semi-final performance. Japan's Mei Kotake claimed her first World Cup bronze medal.[13]
In men's, the Japanese team swept the podium. Zento Murashita claimed the win, Satone Yoshida placed second, and Shion Omata placed third. In the semi-final, Murashita, Yoshida and Omata all managed to top the men's lead route. Murashita had never been on a World Cup podium before.[15]
In women's, Japan's Mei Kotake was the only athlete to top both qualification routes. Kotake's strong performance in the final allowed her to claim her first World Cup win 11 years after her World Cup debut. Italy's Laura Rogora placed second and Austria's Mattea Pötzi placed third, her first podium finish at the lead World Cup.[16][17]
In men's Great Britain's Toby Roberts, having just won the Olympic champion title in August, climbed closest to the top of the route, securing the win. Olympic silver medallist Sorato Anraku took second place and France's Sam Avezou took third.[19]
In women's, 2-time Olympic champion Janja Garnbret topped the qualification and semi-final routes, dominated the final route — claiming the win. Olympic bronze medallist Jessica Pilz finished second and American Anastasia Sanders took third.[20]
In men's, Japan's Sorato Anraku won the final lead World Cup of the 2024 season over South Korea's Lee Dohyun. Anraku and Lee had identical scores in the final. Anraku placed higher than Lee by virtue of his better semi-final score. Shion Omata placed third. [22]
In women's, Austria's Jessica Pilz won the gold. Pilz's win in Seoul also secured her win in the 2024 lead World Cup series. Japan's Ai Mori claimed second and USA's Anastasia Sanders placed third. [23]
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