Poland’s Aleksandra Miroslaw broke her own world record on the way to winning the third women's Speed World Championships title of her career at the IFSC Climbing World Championships Seoul 2025. 

After coming through qualification almost half a second ahead of everyone else, Miroslaw progressed through the final’s series with perfection. The Polish Olympic champion lowered her times in every round culminating in a new world record of 6.03s and a world title.

After her win Miroslaw said: “This one is special. After the Olympics the next year is tough for every athlete who took part, so I’m happy for this one. I think my hard work has paid off.”

After her semi-final win against Zhou Yafei, Miroslaw looked almost relieved with potentially memories of slipping at the same stage two years earlier at the Bern 2023 World Championships on her mind, but it wasn’t the case: “The last World Championships I was third, but honestly, I didn’t think about it. I just wanted to be here, now, and in the present and focus on the next step. I was just happy to be in the big final.”

With a gold medal and world title, Miroslaw had her thoughts on the triple delight of also taking a new world’s best time: “Since I broke the world record the first time I’ve never thought about it, I just want to run and do my job. For me the most precious thing is titles, so here I just wanted to focus and go fast every single round.”

On the podium with Miroslaw were two Chinese climbers – Deng Lijuan and Zhou. The gold medal race was a repeat of the Paris 2024 final, and with the same result, as Miroslaw secured gold and Deng the silver with a time of 6.22s.

The silver medal was Deng’s first in a World Championships.

Deng beat home favourite Jeong Jimin in her semi-final, and so did Zhou when it came to the bronze medal race. Zhou’s time of 6.34s narrowly gave her victory and the third spot against Jeong’s time of 6.38s.

The bronze was also the first World Championships medal of Zhou’s career and in fourth place it meant that the wait for a South Korean Speed World Championships medal continues.

Full women's Speed results can be found here

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