Expectations were set high at the IFSC World Cup in Villars, Switzerland, where the men’s and women’s Speed finals quickly turned into a two-way fight between team Indonesia and team Russia, who, eventually, ended up splitting the prize and the glory.

A bright, warm sun welcomed the 123 athletes that competed in the men’s and women’s Lead qualification rounds in Villars, Switzerland, where the fifth stage of the 2021 IFSC World Cup Series is currently underway.

The fifth stage of the 2021 IFSC World Cup Series kicked off today in Villars, Switzerland, where 225 athletes, representing 28 countries, gathered to compete in the Lead and Speed disciplines.

The IFSC World Cup Series continues in Villars, Switzerland, this weekend, where Lead and Speed world cups are set to take place in the canton of the Olympic capital, less than one month ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

A heavy thunderstorm may have disrupted this evening’s Boulder finals in Innsbruck, Austria, but it certainly didn’t dampen the spirits of the athletes and their supporting teammates. Slovenian Janja Garnbret claimed her second World Cup win of the week in the women’s event and in the men’s, team Japan occupied all three podium positions.

With this week’s world cups in Lead and Paraclimbing now complete, athletes took to the mats this morning for the Boulder World Cup semi-finals. In both the women’s and men’s events Team Japan completely dominated the scoreboard, with three athletes qualifying for tonight’s final in each event.

A cloud-covered Innsbruck welcomed the first Lead finals of the 2021 season this evening, where teammates watched the action, suspense, and surprises from the edge of their seats in the Kletterzentrum.

The festival of Sport Climbing continued in Innsbruck, Austria, this morning, switching back to Lead for the men’s and women’s semi-finals. Competing side-by-side on the towering Lead wall of the Kletterzentrum, six Olympians qualified for this evening’s final in the women’s event, and a further four qualified in the men’s.

Four gold medals were awarded in the women’s final of the IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup tonight, held in Innsbruck’s Kletterzentrum.

This evening saw the first IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup of the 2021 season come to a conclusion in Innsbruck, Austria.

Despite the lack of a home crowd at Innsbruck’s Kletterzentrum, five Austrian athletes climbed their way into Boulder semi-finals during today’s qualification rounds.

Today, June 23, not only marked the opening of the debut Lead World Cup of the 2021 Sport Climbing season, but also the start of the one-month countdown to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. On a special date which also happens to be Olympic Day, nine Olympians qualified for the semi-final in the women’s event, in addition to seven in the men’s.