Laura Rogora and Sean Bailey win Chamonix Lead World Cup

Two nights ago Laura Rogora passed the last test prior the Olympics with flying colours by winning the penultimate stage of the 2021 Lead World Cup in France’s premier competition spot, Chamonix. The 20-year-old won the competition convincingly, claiming the only top in the finals after a far too easy semifinal round resulted in a staggering 5 tops. So after her first gold medal in Briançon last year, and after silver in Villars last week, the Italian climber earned gold with an unusually fast and absolutely flawless performance.

Second place went to 20-year-old US revelation Natalia Grossman, last out, who fell two holds below the top to earn her sixth medal this season... in just six Lead and Boulder competitions! Aleksandra Totkova took bronze; after qualifying for her first semifinal in Innsbruck last month, and after her first final in Villars last week, the Bulgarian bagged her first bronze. At only 16, she will certainly be someone to watch out for in the future.

In the men's competition it was Sean Bailey once again who set the pace, earning his third gold this season after Lead victory at Villars last week, and Boulder victory at Salt Lake City in May. Climbing with his trademark calm on an extremely burley route and in less than optimal conditions, the 25-year-old managed to reach the 34th hold for the win, 2 holds higher than Stefano Ghisolfi who up to that point had climbed without any major difficulties before his foot slipped. After falling off the same hold as Ghisolfi, Martin Stranik from the Czech Republic claimed his first World Cup medal based on countback.

Attention now shifts to Japan and the Tokyo Olympic Games where sport climbing will make its historic debut at the start of August.

1 Laura Rogora ITA top
2 Natalia Grossman USA 41+
3 Aleksandra Totkova BUL 38+
4 Vita Lukan SLO 38+
5 Natsuki Tanii JPN 32+
6 Julia Chanourdie FRA 29+
7 Ashima Shiraishi USA 29+
8 Dinara Fakhritdinova RUS 28+
9 Nolwenn Arc FRA
10 Eliska Adamovska CZE
11 Momoko Abe JPN
12 Camille Pouget FRA
13 Nina Arthaud FRA
14 Salomé Romain FRA
15 Sabina Van Essen NED
16 Michelle Hulliger SUI
17 Molly Thompson-Smith GBR
18 Giorgia Tesio ITA
19 Ryu Nakagawa JPN
20 Eva Maria Hammelmüller AUT
21 Julia Fiser AUT
22 Martina Demmel GER
23 Lucka Rakovec SLO
24 Anne-Sophie Koller SUI
25 Lynn Van Der Meer NED
26 Manon Hily FRA
27 Lucija Tarkus SLO
28 Heloïse Doumont BEL
29 Fanny Gibert FRA
30 Celine Cuypers BEL
31 Oriane Bertone FRA
32 Andrea Kümin SUI
33 Michaela Smetanova CZE
34 Camilla Moroni ITA
35 Hannah Meul GER
36 Ignacia Mellado Quinteros CHI
37 Tjasa Slemensek SLO
38 Roxana Wienand GER
39 Selma Elhadj Mimoune FRA
40 Franziska Sterrer AUT
41 Julia Duffy USA
42 Mattea Pötzi AUT
43 Lana Skusek SLO
44 Lucia Dörffel GER
45 Zoé Egli SUI
46 Lucie Watillon BEL
47 Sunniva Øvre-Eide NOR
48 Saula Lerondel FRA
49 Iziar Martínez Almendros ESP
50 Valentina Aguado ARG
50 Valeri Kremer ISR
52 Käthe Atkins GER
53 Tina Johnsen Hafsaas NOR
54 Edel Lemvik NOR
55 Cloe Coscoy USA
56 Aida Torres Illamola ESP
56 Rut Monsech Gasca ESP
58 Alejandra Contreras CHI
59 Naama Yohai ISR
60 Maya Madere USA
61 Eliska Novotna CZE
62 Federica Papetti ITA
dns Bianca Magalhaes De Castro BRA

1 Sean Bailey USA 34+
2 Stefano Ghisolfi ITA 32
3 Martin Stranik CZE 32
4 Sascha Lehmann SUI 29
5 Victor Baudrand CAN 28+
6 Marcello Bombardi ITA 26+
7 Luka Potocar SLO 25+
8 Paul Jenft FRA 25
9 Masahiro Higuchi JPN
10 Hannes Puman SWE
11 Yannick Flohé GER
12 Christoph Hanke GER
13 Mejdi Schalck FRA
14 Alberto Ginés López ESP
15 Sebastian Halenke GER
16 Sohta Amagasa JPN
17 Mikel Asier Linacisoro Molina ESP
18 Milan Preskar SLO
19 Nao Monchois FRA
20 Stefan Scherz AUT
21 Ellis Ernsberger USA
22 Martin Bergant SLO
23 Oscar Baudrand CAN
24 Diego Fourbet FRA
25 Domen Skofic SLO
26 Satone Yoshida JPN
27 Ross Fulkerson USA
28 Nino Grünenfelder SUI
29 Hamish Mcarthur GBR
30 Nicolai Uznik AUT
31 Ties Vancraeynest BEL
32 Dylan Chuat SUI
32 Nicolas Collin BEL
32 Fedir Samoilov UKR
32 Jan Hojer GER
36 Giorgio Tomatis ITA
36 Campbell Harrison AUS
38 Philipp Martin GER
38 Hugo Parmentier FRA
38 Arsène Duval FRA
41 Yuval Shemla ISR
42 Adrien Lemaire FRA
43 Leto Cavé NED
44 Mark Brand NED
45 Dimitri Vogt SUI
46 Mathias Posch AUT
47 Giovanni Placci ITA
48 Sam Avezou FRA
49 Timothy Kang USA
50 Nimrod Marcus ISR
51 Hannes Van Duysen BEL
52 Alistair Duval FRA
53 Andoni Esparta Frade ESP
54 Ziga Zajc SLO
55 Dmitrii Fakirianov RUS
56 Sean Faulkner CAN
57 Leo Ketil Bøe NOR
58 Peter Kuric SVK
59 Leonid Osadchyi UKR
60 Stepan Volf CZE
61 Pietro Vidi ITA
62 Jáchym Cink CZE
63 Philipp Geisenhoff SUI
64 Alex Khazanov ISR
65 Tomas Plevko SVK
65 Jan Vopat CZE
67 Lluc Macià Llobet ESP
68 Fabian Förander SWE
69 Or Miniely ISR
70 Leo Avezou FRA
71 Christian Wagner CHI
72 Paul Brand NED
73 Vaidotas Monstavicius LTU
dns Felipe Ho Foganholo BRA