Chamonix, World Cup Lead & Speed

It's superfluous to say that for all the athletes competing in France today, this is the first and only true test before the IFSC World Championship which kicks off in Arco, Italy, next week, or more precisely,on Wednesday 20 July for the Lead and Friday 22 July for the Speed. And it's just as superfluous to remind everyone that the Italian event will begin in earnest this Friday with the bouldering event and then continue early next week with the first-ever Paraclimbing World Championship.

last season the Lead World Cup was won lifted by Ramón Julian Puigblanque from Spain and Jain Kim from Korea, unsurprisingly the same two who won the pre-World Championship Rock Master event in Arco last year. After the start in France today and the unmissable Championship in Arco, the athletes will compete in Belgium, USA, Jordan and Slovenia before homing in on Spain at the end of November.

In the meantime, let's watch the "warm-up" in Chamonix which is also transmitted live on the ifsc.tv channel. And then, from Friday onwards, all eyes will be focused on the great World Championship in Arco.


IFSC Climbing WC 2011 - Lead & Speed - Chamonix, FRA
Tuesday 12 July
09.30 Men Lead Qualifiers
10.00 Women Lead Qualifiers
17.00 Women Speed Qualifiers
18.00 Men Speed Qualifiers
20.30 Speed Finals
21.45 Award Ceremony

Wednesday 13 July
14.00 Men and Women Lead Semi-Finals
20.00 Men Lead Finals
21.30 Women Lead Finals
22.45 Award Ceremony

Lead World Cup 2011
12./13.07.2011 IFSC Climbing Worldcup (L,S) - Chamonix (FRA) 2011
29./30.07.2011 IFSC Climbing Worldcup (L) - Briançon (FRA) 2011
02./03.09.2011 IFSC Climbing Worldcup (L,S) - Xining (CHN) 2011
07./08.09.2011 IFSC Climbing Worldcup (L,S) - Changzhi (CHN) 2011
30.09./01.10.2011 IFSC Climbing Worldcup (L) - Puurs (BEL) 2011
08./09.10.2011 IFSC Climbing Worldcup (L) - Boulder (USA) 2011
20./21.10.2011 IFSC Climbing Worldcup (L) - Amman (JOR) 2011
28./29.10.2011 IFSC Climbing Worldcup (L) - Valence (FRA) 2011
19./20.11.2011 IFSC Climbing Worldcup (L) - Kranj (SLO) 2011
26./27.11.2011 IFSC Climbing Worldcup (L) - Barcelona (ESP) 2011