The Speed European circuit returned to action on Sunday, 17 August in St. Pölten, Austria, just one day after a Youth event went down at the same venue.

SPAIN DOMINATES THE WOMEN’S EVENT

In the women’s final, Spain’s Leslie Adriana Romero Pérez returned to the podium and claimed the top spot with an impressive time of 7.11 seconds, securing the win over France’s Louise Fontaine, who slipped and finished in at 10.90.

Spain took home another medal with Carla Martínez Vidal narrowly beating Ukraine’s Polina Khalkevych in the bronze medal race – 7.36 for the Spaniard, 7.38 for the Ukrainian.

For the complete results of the women’s Speed event click here.

HOME GOLD FOR AMON

Austrian climber Kevin Amon thrilled the home crowd by clinching gold in a very close men’s final: he stopped the clock at 5.27, just 0.01 seconds ahead of France’s Guillaume Moro, who had to settle for silver. The bronze medal went to Pierre Rebreyend of France, who edged out Marcin Dzienski of Poland in another close race: 5.41 for Rebrayend, 5.47 for Dzienski.

For the complete results of the men’s Speed event click here.

NEXT UP

The European season will continues next month with an IFSC European Cup in Speed, scheduled in Hamburg, Gernamy, on 13 September.

News and updates about all IFSC events will be available on the IFSC website and on the Federation’s digital channels: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube, and exclusively for the Chinese audience, Bilibili, Douyin, Weibo, and Xiaohongshu.