In this video you will meet the athlete Miho Nonaka from Japan

At the penultimate Lead World Cup of the season in Koper, Garnbret delivered a spectacular fight in front of his home crowd, while Neo Suzuki demonstrated his endurance and secured his third gold medal of the season. All results at a glance.

The 18th Walter Bonatti – Piolets d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Peter Habeler. The Austrian will receive the award at the end of October in Oisans, France, where the Piolets d'Or are returning after ten years.

Solveig Korherr has free climbed "Histoire sans Fin" (8b+) on the Petit Clocher du Portalet in Valais. She completed the ten-pitch granite route on August 23, 2026, after two and a half weeks of work and seven days of climbing, together with the French climber Soline Kentzel.

After a short World Cup summer break, the final round takes place in Koper: At the penultimate Lead World Cup, (almost) all the familiar faces of the season will compete once again to collect crucial points in the overall ranking. All the information on the starting field, schedule, and live stream is available here.