Lead climbing at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup

Competition lead climbing at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held over six stages at six different locations, from 4 July to 27 October 2019. The top three in each competition received medals, and at the end of the season, the overall winners were awarded trophies. The overall winners were determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. Adam Ondra won the men's seasonal title, Chaehyun Seo won the women's seasonal title, and Japan won the national team title.[1]

Lead climbing
at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Cup
Location
Dates4 July – 27 October 2019
Champions
MenCzech Republic Adam Ondra
WomenSouth Korea Chaehyun Seo
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Winners overview

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Date Location Men Women
July, 4–6   Villars, Switzerland   Sascha Lehmann   Janja Garnbret
July, 11–13   Chamonix, France   Adam Ondra   Chaehyun Seo
July, 19–20   Briançon, France   Hidemasa Nishida   Chaehyun Seo
September, 28–29   Kranj, Slovenia   Adam Ondra   Chaehyun Seo
October, 18–20   Xiamen, China   Adam Ondra   Chaehyun Seo
October, 26–27   Inzai, Japan   Hiroto Shimizu   Jain Kim
OVERALL WINNERS   Adam Ondra   Chaehyun Seo
NATIONAL TEAM   Japan

Overall ranking

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The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. There are six competitions in the season, but only the best five attempts are counted. The national ranking is the sum of the points of that country's three best male and female athletes. Results displayed in parentheses are not counted.

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2019:[2]

Rank NAME Points Inzai Xiamen Kranj Briançon Chamonix Villars
1   Adam Ondra 300.00 ( — ) 1. 100.00 1. 100.00 ( — ) 1. 100.00 ( — )
2   Alberto Ginés López 256.00 2. 80.00 5. 51.00 3. 65.00 22. 9.00 5. 51.00 26. (5.00)
3   Sean McColl 206.00 6. 47.00 26. (5.00) 4. 55.00 5. 51.00 7. 43.00 21. 10.00
4   Kai Harada 195.00 25. 6.00 4. 55.00 2. 80.00 ( — ) 8. 40.00 19. 14.00
5   Stefano Ghisolfi 190.00 3. 65.00 13. 25.00 6. 47.00 15. 22.00 26. (5.00) 11. 31.00
6   Hiroto Shimizu 180.00 1. 100.00 ( — ) ( — ) 2. 80.00 ( — ) ( — )
7   Kokoro Fujii 165.00 20. 12.00 11. 31.00 5. 51.00 ( — ) 11. 31.00 8. 40.00
7   Alexander Megos 165.00 ( — ) ( — ) ( — ) 16. 20.00 2. 80.00 3. 65.00
9   Sean Bailey 158.00 8. 40.00 8. 40.00 14. 24.00 6. 47.00 24. 7.00 ( — )
10   Sascha Lehmann 152.00 ( — ) ( — ) ( — ) 13. 26.00 13. 26.00 1. 100.00

Women

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The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2019:[3]

Rank NAME Points Inzai Xiamen Kranj Briançon Chamonix Villars
1   Chaehyun Seo 480.00 3. (65.00) 1. 100.00 1. 100.00 1. 100.00 1. 100.00 2. 80.00
2   Janja Garnbret 352.00 2. 80.00 4. 55.00 13. (26.00) 2. 80.00 9. 37.00 1. 100.00
3   Natsuki Tanii 243.00 6. 47.00 5. 51.00 ( — ) 3. 65.00 8. 40.00 8. 40.00
4   Lucka Rakovec 226.00 16. (20.00) 6. 47.00 3. 65.00 14. 24.00 7. 43.00 6. 47.00
5   Akiyo Noguchi 224.00 4. 55.00 2. 80.00 ( — ) ( — ) 10. 34.00 4. 55.00
6   Ai Mori 220.00 20. 12.00 9. 37.00 5. 51.00 ( — ) 4. 55.00 3. 65.00
7   YueTong Zhang 207.00 ( — ) 7. 43.00 ( — ) 6. 47.00 2. 80.00 9. 37.00
8   Jain Kim 206.00 1. 100.00 3. 65.00 9. 37.00 ( — ) ( — ) 27. 4.00
9   Mia Krampl 189.00 22. 9.00 24. (7.00) 7. 43.00 4. 55.00 11. 31.00 5. 51.00
10   Jessica Pilz 176.00 ( — ) ( — ) 2. 80.00 ( — ) 3. 65.00 11. 31.00

National Teams

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The results of the ten most successful countries of the Lead World Cup 2019:[4]

Country names as used by the IFSC

Rank Nation Points Inzai Xiamen Kranj Briançon Chamonix Villars
1   1695 345 368 306 375 (220) 301
2   Slovenia 988 (109) 112 210 224 139 303
3   Republic of Korea 758 174 206 137 116 (106) 125
4   United States 612 151 103 75 179 104 (22)
5   Austria 525 (47) 53 143 91 166 72
6   Czech Republic 484 18 136 146 (0) 147 37
7   France 440 66 (44) 65 112 111 86
8   Italy 434 115 90 91 87 (29) 51
9   Germany 381 (24) 79 30 51 138 83
10   Great Britain 360 68 62 (31) 75 110 45

Villars, Switzerland (July, 4–6)

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97 men and 86 women attended the event.[1]

In men's, Switzerland's Sascha Lehmann topped the final route and claimed victory in front of his home crowd. China's YuFei Pan and Germany's Alexander Megos, also topped the final route, placed second and third respectively due to count-backs to the semi-final. Japan's Tomoa Narasaki, who was leading in the semi-final round, stepped on the rope and slipped, taking sixth place.[5][6]

In women's, Slovenia's Janja Garnbret was the winner of the event. In the semi-final round, Garnbret claimed the only top of the route despite dropping her chalk bag.[7] South Korea's 15-year-old Chaehyun Seo took second place in her first adult World Cup competition. Japan's Ai Mori, also 15 years old, took third place. South Korea's Jain Kim was forced to withdraw from the competition after suffering a finger injury in the qualification round.[5][6]

Men Women
Rank Name Qualification Semi-Final Final Rank Name Qualification Semi-Final Final
R1 R2 R1 R2
    Sascha Lehmann 23+ TOP 36+ TOP     Janja Garnbret TOP TOP TOP 36+
    YuFei Pan 17+ TOP 32 TOP     Chaehyun Seo 33+ 32 48+ 35+
    Alexander Megos TOP TOP 31+ TOP     Ai Mori 40+ 32+ 47 35+
4   Domen Škofic TOP 37 36+ 39+ 4   Akiyo Noguchi 35+ 31+ 42+ 35+
5   Meichi Narasaki 32+ 31+ 31+ 39+ 5   Mia Krampl 35+ 33 38 35+
6   Tomoa Narasaki 37+ 30 37+ 34+ 6   Lucka Rakovec 31 30+ 30+ 35+
7   Yuki Hada 35+ 30 36+ 22 7   Julia Chanourdie 28+ 33+ 30 35+
8   Kokoro Fujii 35+ 29+ 33+ 8 8   Natsuki Tanii 33+ 32+ 39+ 35

Chamonix, France (July, 11–13)

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111 men and 103 women attended the event.[1]

In men's, Czech Republic's Adam Ondra topped both qualification routes, ascended higher than anyone else on the semi-final and final routes, and thus securing the win. Germany's Alexander Megos took second place while Austria's Jakob Schubert took third. Ondra would skip the Briançon's event to prepare for the World Championships.[8][9]

In women's, the final's bottleneck led to count-backs to semi-final results. Eventually, South Korea's Chaehyun Seo took the win. China's YueTong Zhang placed second and Austria's Jessica Pilz third. The winner of last week's event, Slovenia's Janja Garnbret slipped on the semi-final route, placing 9th, barely missing the final. This was the first time Garnbret ever missed a Lead World Cup final.[8][9]

Men Women
Rank Name Qualification Semi-Final Final Rank Name Qualification Semi-Final Final
R1 R2 R1 R2
    Adam Ondra TOP TOP 44+ 47+     Chaehyun Seo TOP TOP 50 34+
    Alexander Megos 40+ TOP 35 44     YueTong Zhang 36+ 39+ 50 34+
    Jakob Schubert 32+ TOP 36+ 43+     Jessica Pilz 41+ 26+ 50 34+
4   William Bosi 21.5+ 40 38+ 39+ 4   Ai Mori 35+ 41+ 45 34+
5   Alberto Ginés López 20+ TOP 42+ 33+ 5   Ashima Shiraishi 41+ 36+ 42+ 34+
6   Martin Stráník 30+ 41+ 35+ 31+ 6   Molly Thompson-Smith 24 36+ 42+ 26+
7   Sean McColl 21.5+ 36+ 36 25+ 7   Lucka Rakovec 42 26+ 49+ 25+
8   Kai Harada 32+ TOP 38+ 22 8   Natsuki Tanii 37+ 26+ 52+ 17+

Briançon, France (July, 19–20)

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88 men and 79 women attended the event.[1]

In men's, the Japanese team swept the podium. Hidemasa Nishida claimed the win, Hiroto Shimizu placed second, and Shuta Tanaka placed third. None of them had been on a World Cup podium before.[10][11]

In women's, last week's winner, South Korea's Chaehyun Seo took the win again. Seo and Slovenian superstar Janja Garnbret topped the final route, but Seo pushed Garnbret to second place by count-back to the semi-final results. Japan's Natsuki Tanii placed third.[10][11]

Men Women
Rank Name Qualification Semi-Final Final Rank Name Qualification Semi-Final Final
R1 R2 R1 R2
    Hidemasa Nishida 39+ 42+ 31+ 39+     Chaehyun Seo 39+ TOP TOP TOP
    Hiroto Shimizu 40+ 42+ 38+ 38+     Janja Garnbret 38+ TOP 43+ TOP
    Shuta Tanaka 41 40+ 34 38+     Natsuki Tanii 39+ TOP 43+ 41+
4   William Bosi 39+ 40 37+ 38 4   Mia Krampl 37 35+ 43 36
5   Sean McColl 40 43+ 36+ 38 5   Ashima Shiraishi 30+ 35+ 41+ 36
6   Sean Bailey 40+ 42+ 38+ 34+ 6   YueTong Zhang 31+ 35+ 42+ 33+
7   Domen Škofic 40+ 43+ 32+ 34+ 7   Vita Lukan 30 35+ 37.5 32+
8   Marcello Bombardi 40+ 38+ 32+ 34+ 8   Nina Arthaud 22+ 26 37.5+ 24+

Kranj, Slovenia (September, 28–29)

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72 men and 53 women attended the event.[1]

In men's, Czech Republic's Adam Ondra, having just won the Lead World Championships in August, claimed the only top of the final route, securing the win. Japan's Kai Harada took second place and Spain's Alberto Ginés López took third.[12][13][14]

In women's, South Korea's Chaehyun Seo continued her winning streak, claiming her third gold medal. Austria's Jessica Pilz took second place and Slovenia's Lucka Rakovec took third. Japan's Ai Mori topped both qualification routes and led the field in the semi-fnal round, but struggled in the final and had to settle for 5th place. Slovenia's Janja Garnbret, having just won the Lead World Championships in August, struggled in the semi-final and placed 13th. This event marked the return of South Korea's Jain Kim to the World Cup circuit after her finger injury. Kim placed 9th, barely missing a spot in the final.[12][13][14]

Men Women
Rank Name Qualification Semi-Final Final Rank Name Qualification Semi-Final Final
R1 R2 R1 R2
    Adam Ondra TOP TOP 39+ TOP     Chaehyun Seo TOP 29+ 38 34.5+
    Kai Harada TOP TOP 35+ 32     Jessica Pilz TOP 29+ 34+ 34.5
    Alberto Ginés López TOP TOP 29+ 31.5+     Lucka Rakovec 36+ 29+ 38+ 34+
4   Sean McColl 37+ 35 27+ 30+ 4   Anak Verhoeven TOP 35+ 34+ 34+
5   Kokoro Fujii TOP TOP 28+ 27+ 5   Ai Mori TOP TOP 38+ 20+
6   Stefano Ghisolfi TOP TOP 30+ 25+ 6   Natsumi Hirano TOP 27+ 37+ 20+
7   Jakob Schubert 37+ TOP 37+ 12+ 7   Mia Krampl TOP 32+ 34+ 20+
8   Martin Stráník 37+ 35 30+ 12+ 8   Mei Kotake TOP 23 34+ 20+

Xiamen, China (October, 18–20)

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55 men and 51 women attended the event.[1]

In men's, Czech Republic's Adam Ondra claimed his third win, undefeated in the lead events he participated in. Japan's Taisei Homma and Tomoa Narasaki placed second third respectively. Japan's Kai Harada led the semi-final round but fell short in the final round, placing 4th.[15][16]

In women's, South Korea's Chaehyun Seo topped all the routes of the event, securing her fourth consecutive win and the overall Lead World Champion title. Japan's Akiyo Noguchi claimed second place, while South Korea's Jain Kim claimed third. Slovenia's Janja Garnbret, along with Seo, topped qualification and semi-final routes, but fell trying to jump to the top on the final route, thus finishing in 4th place.[15][16]

Men Women
Rank Name Qualification Semi-Final Final Rank Name Qualification Semi-Final Final
R1 R2 R1 R2
    Adam Ondra TOP TOP 31+ TOP     Chaehyun Seo TOP TOP TOP TOP
    Taisei Homma 37+ TOP 31+ TOP     Akiyo Noguchi 35+ TOP 38+ TOP
    Tomoa Narasaki 37 TOP 31+ TOP     Jain Kim 35+ TOP 38+ TOP
4   Kai Harada TOP TOP 35+ 31+ 4   Janja Garnbret TOP TOP TOP 37+
5   Alberto Ginés López TOP TOP 31+ 29+ 5   Natsuki Tanii 35+ TOP 33.5 37+
6   Meichi Narasaki 38 TOP 31+ 26 6   Lucka Rakovec TOP TOP 33+ 37+
7   Jesse Grupper TOP TOP 31+ 25+ 7   YueTong Zhang 35+ TOP TOP 34+
8   Sean Bailey 37+ TOP 31+ 23+ 8   Ievgeniia Kazbekova 35+ TOP 36+ 31+
9   Ai Mori TOP TOP 33+ 10+

Inzai, Japan (October, 26–27)

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54 men and 52 women attended the event.[1]

In men's, Japan's Hiroto Shimizu claimed the gold medal. Spain's Alberto Ginés López placed second and Italy's Stefano Ghisolfi third. Czech Republic's Adam Ondra, absent from the competition, claimed the lead season's champion title.[17][18][19]

In women's, South Korea's veteran Jain Kim topped the final route and secured the win, claiming her 30th gold medal in the World Cup competitions. Slovenia's Janja Garnbret was leading the competition coming into the final, but could not match Kim's top in the final round, thus placed second. South Korea's Chaehyun Seo, the lead season's overall champion, finished in third place.[17][18][19]

Men Women
Rank Name Qualification Semi-Final Final Rank Name Qualification Semi-Final Final
R1 R2 R1 R2
    Hiroto Shimizu 38+ 38+ 32+ 38+     Jain Kim TOP TOP 33+ TOP
    Alberto Ginés López 34+ TOP TOP 36+     Janja Garnbret TOP TOP 41 39
    Stefano Ghisolfi 38+ TOP 32+ 32+     Chaehyun Seo 35+ 35+ 33+ 37+
4   Yuki Hada 38+ TOP 31+ 28+ 4   Akiyo Noguchi TOP TOP 30 36+
5   Jesse Grupper 31+ 17+ 30+ 28+ 5   Miho Nonaka 35+ TOP 28+ 34+
6   Sean McColl 38+ 2+ 34 27+ 6   Natsuki Tanii TOP 35 28+ 34+
7   Loïc Timmermans 30+ 33+ 30+ 22+ 7   Laura Rogora TOP 36 28+ 20
8   Sean Bailey 35+ 31+ 34 19+ 8   Aika Tajima 30+ 35+ 29 19+
9   Meichi Narasaki 31+ 17+ 30+ 19+

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