World Cup week in Innsbruck: All results for Bouldering, Lead & Para Climbing

A packed house and a highly competitive field of competitors in Innsbruck: All the results of the World Cups in Bouldering, Lead and Para Climbing at a glance.

Para Climbing: Five medals for Team Germany

57 medals were awarded at the Para Climbing World Cup Innsbruck across the various sports classes – five of them went to the German national team. Luisa Grube (B2), Korbinian Franck (RP1), Philip Hrozek (RP2) and Rosalie Schaupert (AU3) each won silver, Charlotte Faist (RP1) secured a bronze medal. Kevin Bartke (AU2) also reached the final and finished fourth in his sports class.

With a total of more than 300 starters The Para Climbing World Cup in Innsbruck set a new record for the number of participants. The event was dominated by climbing nations including the USA, Austria, France, and Japan. Athletes from 17 countries won medals.

Bouldering: Gold again for Sanders & Anraku

In the women's bouldering final, Annie Sanders (USA) delivered another impressive performance, just as she had in Prague, and won gold with two tops and a zone. After finishing first in both the qualification and semi-finals, this completed a perfect competition.

The women's final proved to be extremely challenging: the entire field of participants only managed four tops. – two of them were Sanders' achievements. Her flash on boulder W2, in particular, gave her a decisive lead. 

Erin McNeice (Great Britain) secured silver with a top and a zone. For McNeice, it was her fourth consecutive Boulder World Cup medal this season, following her previous gold in Madrid, among other victories. Bronze went to Oceania Mackenzie (Australia), which secured its third medal of the year with three zones – after bronze in Keqiao and gold in Bern.

From the German team Only Paula Mayer-Vorfelder (20th place) and Lucia Dörffel (21st place) reached the semi-finals in bouldering. Among the men, Lucas Trandafir was the best German, finishing in 33rd place.

Women's Final Results

The men sat down Sorato Anraku (Japan) continued his winning streak. He was the only athlete to top three final boulders – after none of the eight finalists could solve boulder M4, the decision was made. With his victory, Anraku also secured his fourth consecutive overall Boulder title and once again proves his current dominance in the discipline.

Behind Anraku won Rei Kawamata (Japan) with two tops and one zone silver and stood on a World Cup podium for the first time since 2022. Lee Dohyun South Korea finished with the same number of points as Kawamata, but was ranked third due to a higher number of attempts. Overall, Asia clearly dominated the men's bouldering podium.

Men's Final Results

Lead: Janja Garnbret back on top, Suzuki wins ahead López and Schubert

In the Lead final in Innsbruck, the “usual suspects” of the season so far met again – including Adam Ondra, Jakob Schubert, Neo Suzuki, Alberto Ginés López, Sorato Anraku and the surprise winner from Prague, Putra Tri Ramadani (Indonesia).

In the end, the Japanese player prevailed. Neo Suzuki through, who had previously won gold in Wujiang and silver in Prague. Alberto Gines Lopez Although (Spain) reached the same height as Suzuki on the final route, he had accumulated fewer points in the semi-finals. With his second silver medal of the season, the Tokyo Olympic champion continues his pursuit of another gold.

The bronze medal went to Jakob Schubert, who could count on the full support of the crowd in his hometown of Innsbruck. Schubert fell at the same spot as Suzuki and López, but received no bonus for his attempt to reach the next hold.

This time, the final route resulted in significantly fewer falls in the middle section. Most finalists reached the headwall and then fell between holds 40 and 43.

Men's Final Results

Back from the rock in Céüse dominated Janja Garnbret The Slovenian climber dominated the women's lead climbing competition throughout the entire event. She finished first in both the qualification and semi-final rounds. In the final, she secured a decisive victory with 44 points, clearly outperforming the runner-up. Annie Sanders and the competition.

The Slovenian athlete was visibly emotional after winning her first gold medal of the season. It is also her 50th World Cup victory. No other athlete has won as many gold medals.

Bronze went on Chaehyun Seo (South Korea), who has thus far stood on every lead podium this season. Home crowd favorite Jessica Pilz also reached the final and climbed to sixth place.

From the German lead team Yannick Flohé was the only athlete to reach the semi-finals, where he finished in 24th place.

Women's Final Results

These are the next World Cup stops

In the current season There are still eight World Cup stops to go. Before that – including one Bouldering World Cup and one Para Climbing World Cup. The next events are the Speed ​​and Lead World Cups in Krakow and Chamonix in July.

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Credits cover photo: Dimitris Tosidis/World Climbing