The women’s Boulder final at the IFSC Climbing World Cup Bern 2025 concluded with a breakthrough performance from Erin McNeice of Great Britain, who earned her first-ever World Cup gold medal in the discipline. McNeice’s dominant run saw her top all four boulders and finish with 99.5 points, rounding off a perfect weekend in Switzerland.

MCNEICE COMPLETES GOLDEN TRIO

Already a double Lead World Cup winner this season — with golds in Wujiang, China; and Bali, Indonesia — McNeice delivered her most complete Boulder performance to date in Bern. With a perfect four tops, including flashes on problems one and three, she separated herself clearly from the rest of the field to claim the win by over 15 points.

“I feel so happy, elated, and quite shocked!” said McNeice. “I want to do all the European World Cups and there are quite a lot of them, I decided to skip the American competitions so that I could have a chance to train between the Asian and the European tours.

“I’m definitely not going for Speed, I’m not built for it,” she added when told she is the first British woman to have won gold in both Boulder and Lead. “It feels pretty good to win gold in both disciplines, it’s been a massive long-term goals for me and it’s good to tick it off.”

SANDERS STAYS CONSISTENT, NONAKA EXTENDS PODIUM COUNT

Annie Sanders of the USA secured second place with 84.4 points and three tops, continuing a stellar 2025 campaign that has now seen her reach the Boulder podium three times. After taking gold in Keqiao, China, and bronze in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Sanders added a silver in Bern.

Just 0.1 points behind her was Nonaka Miho of Japan, who finished third with 84.3 points. The bronze marks Nonaka’s 26th career World Cup medal — 25 of them in Boulder, and one in Speed — cementing her legacy as one of the most decorated athletes in the discipline’s history.

TOP EIGHT COMPLETE THE ROUND

France’s Zélia Avezou finished fourth with 74.3 points after a solid start but was unable to find a top on the final boulder. Nakamura Mao of Japan placed fifth with 69.7, while Oceania Mackenzie of Australia and Matsufuji Anon of Japan tied for sixth at 69.6. Rounding out the final was Sekikawa Melody of Japan in eighth place with 54.0 points.

For the women’s Boulder final complete results click here.

NEXT UP

The IFSC World Cup Bern 2025 will conclude tomorrow with the men’s Boulder semi-final and final, respectively starting at 10:00 (UTC+2:00) and 17:00.

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