Climbing World Cup 2016 Lead and Speed at Chamonix

The long wait has finally come to an end: after 8 long months of training and preparation the Lead World Cup 2016 began at Chamonix in France earlier today. Nearly 130 athletes - a large part of world’s very best - gathered at the foot of Mont Blanc this morning for the usual qualifications.

Three things are worth highlighting right from the outset: Adam Ondra will not defend the title he won last year; the winner of Lead World Cup 2015 Mina Markovic got off to a false start and qualified 20th for tomorrow's semi-finals; in this debut, her young team member Janja Garnbret, Austria’s Jakob Schubert and France’s Romain Desgranges have all revealed their cards, placing provisional first after the competitions first round.

The day is not over yet: the finals of the third stage of the Speed World Cup take place this evening and will be broadcast live as per usual from 21:00 onwards.

UPDATE 12/07/2016 due to bad weather
The revised schedule for today, pending weather:
10:00-12:30 Lead Semis
15:00-16:00 Speed Finals
21:00 Lead Finals



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