After a short break, the world's best lead and speed climbers will continue their competition in Chamonix. All the important information about the starting field, schedule, and livestream is available here.
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Speed: Connection to record World Cup in Krakow
For the speed athletes, Chamonix marks the second consecutive World Cup weekend. Two world records fell recently in Krakow: American Emma Hunt... was the first woman to break the 6-second mark with a time of 5,99 seconds. Hunt won bronze in the individual event, behind Indonesia's Desak Made, Rita Kusuma Dewi, and Natalia Kalucka from Poland.
Im newly introduced mixed-team format Emma Hunt and Sam Watson won gold (time: 10,89 seconds). Watson, who himself held several world records, also won the individual event ahead of Yicheng Zhao and Raharjati Nursamsa.
In addition to a mixed relay, competitions with women's and men's relays were also held for the first time in Krakow. Teams from China won both same-sex relays.: Long Jianguo and Chu Shouhong for men and Zhou Yafei and Deng Lijuan. Yafei and Lijuan broke the 13 second mark.
A large field of competitors has once again registered for Chamonix. – including all the winners from Krakow. Representing Germany are Sebastian Lucke, Aodhan Umlauf, Leander Carmanns, Andrin Zedler, Mina Josephine Schultz, and Nele Thomas.
Lead: Ondra and Garnbret are taking a break, Kazbekova returns after maternity leave
Unlike the last Lead World Cup in Prague, two of the biggest names will be missing in Chamonix: both Adam Ondra and Janja Garnbret are not registered. Apart from that, the entire high-caliber field of competitors for the current season is registered – including Jakob Schubert, Sorato Anraku, Neo Suzuki, Alberto Gines Lopez, Luca Potocar, Satone Yoshida, Chaehyun Seo, Erin McNeice, Brooke Raboutou, Annie Sanders and Jessica Pilz.
The Ukrainian and Olympian Jenya Kazbekova celebrates her at the Lead World Cup in Chamonix Return to the World Cup stage after the birth of her daughterKazbekova reached her first lead climbing final there in 2017. The 2023 World Cup in Chamonix was also her last international competition before her pregnancy. "I'm very happy and excited," said Kazbekova. on Instagram.
A year ago I was pregnant and couldn't imagine climbing in a competition again so soon.
Jenya Kazbekova
The Korean too Jain Kim Since the birth of her child in 2021, she has continued to participate in international competitions and is also registered for the upcoming World Cup in Chamonix. The 37-year-old has reached the final several times since returning from maternity leave and won gold in 2023 – also in Chamonix.
German lead team: eyes on Flohé, Halenke and Apel
For the German lead climbing team, the World Cup in Chamonix once again offers the chance to reach the semi-finals or finals. So far this season, only Yannick Flohé and Sebastian Halenke have reached the semi-finals. – both in Prague and Flohé also in Innsbruck.
Both Flohé and Halenke are registered in Chamonix, as are Yannick Nagel, Janne Eisenkolb, Roxana Wienand and Ronja Marlene Witt. For Anna Maria Apel, this is her first Lead World Cup since her injury break., which had delayed the start of her season. Apel has already participated in Boulder World Cups in Innsbruck and Prague this season, narrowly missing the semi-finals in both events.
Schedule and program
For spectators from Germany, there is the World Cup in Chamonix no time differenceAll times are given in accordance with Central European Summer Time (GMT+2).
- Friday, 10th July 2026
19:30 AM Speed Qualification Women
20:40 PM Speed Qualification Men - Saturday, July 11, 2026
09:00 Qualification Lead Women & Men
21:00 PM Speed Finals Women & Men - Sunday, July 12, 2026
10:00 PM Semifinal Lead Women & Men
20:30 PM Final Lead Women
21:25 PM Final Lead Men
Live Stream
For the YouTube live stream World Climbing has regional restrictions in place for Europe, China, and parts of South and Central America. Viewers in Europe can watch the semi-finals and finals for a fee on [website/platform name]. Discovery + or the Eurosport Player . track
Alternatively, you can use a VPN client to watch the live stream on YouTube. We will embed the streams here as soon as they are available.
Speed | Women's & Men's Finals (Saturday 21:00 PM, GMT +2)
Lead | Semi-finals Women & Men (Sunday 10:00 am, GMT +2)
Lead | Women's & Men's Finals (Sunday 20:30 PM, GMT +2)
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