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IFSC Lead World Cup Koper | Info & live stream

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On September 8th and 9th, 2023, the penultimate Lead World Cup of this year's IFSC World Cup Series will be held in Koper, Slovenia. We have put together the most important information and the live stream for you.

The German-speaking athletes will still remember the last tour stop in Koper: Sascha Lehmann won silver in 2022, Yannick Flohe Bronze. But of course the local heroes will also be tempted to repeat their achievements. The Slovenian Luca Potocar climbed to victory in front of a home crowd a year ago, compatriot Janja Garnbret only had to break away from the Japanese woman Ai Mori give up.

The second to last Lead World Cup of the season will be held in Koper on September 8th and 9th. Image: Dimitris Tosidis/IFSC
The second to last Lead World Cup of the season will be held in Koper on September 8th and 9th. Image: Dimitris Tosidis/IFSC

A look at the start list shows that it will be exciting again at the penultimate Lead World Cup of the season. Jessica Pilz, Toby Roberts, Hamish McArthur, Hannah Meul, Laura Rogora, Alex Megos, Sorato Anraku, Yoshiyuki Ogata, Chaehyun Seo, Kim Jain, Sascha Lehmann and Natalia Grossman are among those fighting for the podium

Complete list of participants

Program IFSC Lead World Cup Koper 2023

Schedule (UTC+2:00)

  • Friday, 8th September 2023
    09:00 Qualifications
    20:00 p.m. Semifinals
  • Saturday, 9th September 2023
    20:00 p.m. Men’s final
    21:00 Final women
In 2022, the young Japanese Ai Mori won gold in Koper. After her brilliant performance at the World Championships in Bern, it would hardly surprise anyone if she made it onto the podium again in 2023. Image: Dimitris Tosidis/IFSC
In 2022, the young Japanese Ai Mori won gold in Koper. After her brilliant performance at the World Championships in Bern, it would hardly surprise anyone if she made it onto the podium again in 2023. Image: Dimitris Tosidis/IFSC

Livestream IFSC Lead World Cup Koper 2023

The semi-finals and finals of the men's and women's competitions will be broadcast live worldwide on the IFSC YouTube channel streamed. However, this does not apply to countries within Europe. As communicated in 2021, the International Sport Climbing Federation is one Cooperation with the paid streaming platform Discovery+ received.

Accordingly, viewers in Europe can watch the semi-finals and finals live Discovery + and / or the Eurosport Player track, provided they buy a corresponding subscription.

For those who can't or don't want to do that, you have two options: You can wait a day, as each round will be available to watch for free on the Olympic Channel 24 hours later. Or they get a VPN client such as NordVPN and watch all World Cups in real time from now on.

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