2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup

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2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup
OrganiserIFSC
Edition32nd
EventLead
Location Briancon, France
Dates20–22 August, 2020
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The 2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup was the 32nd edition of the World Cup held by the International Federation of Sport Climbing. It was scheduled to be held in 12 locations across three climbing disciplines, bouldering, lead and speed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic concerns, only one event was held, the Lead World Cup at Briançon in August, while all other World Cups were canceled.

Original schedule[]

The 2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup was initially scheduled to be held in 12 locations, with six events each for the three climbing disciplines, bouldering, lead and speed, starting on 3 April and concluding on 11 October, with a break in August for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.[1]

Location Date Discipline
Boulder Lead Speed
1 Switzerland Meiringen 3–4 April X
2 China Wujiang 18–19 April X
3 China Chongqing 22 April X
4 South Korea Seoul 8–10 May X X
5 Germany Munich 23–24 May X
6 United States Salt Lake City 13–15 June X X
7 Austria Innsbruck 23–27 June X X
8 Switzerland Villars 2–4 July X X
9 France Chamonix 11–13 July X X
10 France Briançon 18–19 July X
Japan 2020 Summer Olympics — August 4–7
11 Slovenia Ljubljana 25–26 September X
12 China Xiamen 9–11 October X X

Revised schedule[]

Following cancellations of events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IFSC announced a revised schedule of events. The modified schedule reduced the number of events to six, starting with a lead competition Briançon, France in August and ending with a speed and boulder competition in Xiamen, China in December.[2] The IFSC further announced that it would not award official champions for the 2020 season.

Adam Ondra and Laura Rogora won the gold at Briançon for the men and women, respectively. Alex Megos, who finished fifth in the men's category, wrote a social media post criticised holding the event in the face of travel restrictions, meaning only European athletes could attend, and what he described as inconsistent masking and social distancing requirements.[3]

However, three of the events scheduled in China were canceled in July after the Government of China ordered all international sporting events to be halted for the remainder of the year.[4] In September 2020, following the Lead World Cup in Briançon in August, the IFSC announced the cancellation of the two remaining events, the Speed and Bouldering World Cups in Seoul, South Korea and Salt Lake City, United States,[5] making Briançon World Cup the only world climbing event of the 2020 season.

Location Date D G Gold Silver Bronze
1 France Briançon 21–22 August L M Czech Republic Adam Ondra Top Slovenia Domen Skofic 41 Austria Jakob Schubert 38+
W Italy Laura Rogora Top Slovenia Janja Garnbret Top France 42
2 United States Salt Lake City 11–13 September S Canceled
B
3 South Korea Seoul 7–11 October S
B
L
4 China Chongqing 23–25 October S
B
5 China Wujiang 30 October–1 November S
B
6 China Xiamen 4–6 December S
L

Results[]

Lead World Cup Briançon[]

Women[]

Rank Name Score[6]
1 Italy Laura Rogora TOP
2 Slovenia Janja Garnbret TOP
3 France 42
4 Austria Jessica Pilz 41+
5 Slovenia 39+
6 Slovenia 39+
7 France 34+
8 Italy 30+
9 Slovenia 24+

Men[]

Rank Name Score[7]
1 Czech Republic Adam Ondra TOP
2 Slovenia Domen Skofic 41
3 Austria Jakob Schubert 38+
4 Slovenia 30
5 Germany Alex Megos 27
6 Austria 26
7 France 25+
8 France 25+

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Czech Republic (CZE)1001
 Italy (ITA)1001
3 Slovenia (SLO)0202
4 Austria (AUT)0011
 France (FRA)0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "IFSC CALENDAR 2020: SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS". IFSC. 22 January 2020.
  2. ^ Gillen, Nancy (27 June 2020). "Adapted IFSC World Cup season scheduled to begin in August". insidethegames.biz.
  3. ^ "Ondra Celebrates, Megos Voices Covid World Cup Concerns". Gripped. 24 August 2020.
  4. ^ Pavitt, Michael (20 August 2020). "Briançon to host opening event of coronavirus-impacted IFSC World Cup season". insidethegames.biz.
  5. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (2 September 2020). "IFSC takes "painful decision" in cancelling two World Cup events". insidethegames.biz.
  6. ^ "IFSC - Climbing World Cup (L) - Briançon (FRA) 2020 Women Lead Official General Result" (PDF). IFSC.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "IFSC - Climbing World Cup (L) - Briançon (FRA) 2020 Men Lead Official General Result" (PDF). IFSC.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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