The IFSC Climbing World Cup Chamonix 2025 is the 414th World Cup event in history, featuring the 234th Lead and 144th Speed World Cup competition. Also, it is the 23rd Climbing World Cup held in Chamonix – only Kranj, Slovenia, held more – and the 68th in France.

ATHLETES’ HIGHLIGHTS

This year's four previous Speed competitions in Wujiang, China; Bali, Indonesia; Denver, Colorado, USA; and Krakow, Poland; had different winners in both women's and men's events: Zhang Shaoqin of China, Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland, Emma Hunt of the USA, and Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi of Indonesia in the female category; Long Jianguo of China, Samuel Watson of the USA, Kiromal Katibin of Indonesia, and Raharjati Nursamsa of Indonesia in the men's one.

Patrycja Chudziak and Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland are set to compete in their 47th and 46th Speed World Cup competition – they are seventh and eighth in the all-time ranking. Reza Alipour Shenazandifard of Iran will make his 45th start, and Erik Noya Cardona of Spain will make his 25th.

No athlete has started in more World Cup competitions than Canada's Sean McColl, who is set to make his 68th in Lead – where he will move in the top 10 all-time – and 176th overall. Italy's Stefano Ghisolfi, ranked fifth all-time in Lead starts and seventh all-time in overall starts, is also registered to compete in Chamonix.

Fresh off a silver medal at rthe European Cup in Ostermundigen, Switzerland, Julia Chanourdie of France is expected to compete in her 51st Lead competition. Her teammate Hélène Janicot is making her 76th and is ninth all-time in women's Lead starts.

The female athletes making their overall debut in Chamonix are:

• Violeta TONINI (ARG)
• Sienna CHOW (CAN)
• Elise VILLENEUVE (CAN)
• Ambre ECAILLE (FRA)
• Eva-Lina RYMASZ (FRA)
• Kaïna VIVIAND (FRA)
• Mia GUTTENBERGER (GER)
• Mahdisa HAMIDNEZHAD (IRI)
• Kohana MUGISHIMA (JPN)
• Analía DOMÍNGUEZ CRISTERNA (MEX)
• Noor WITTE (NED)
• Maia Linda DAVIES (RSA)
• Sabrina BAUMGARTNER (VEN)

The male athletes making their overall debut in Chamonix are:

• Younès AUBERT MASMOUDI (FRA)
• Aurélien GAYRARD (FRA)
• Paco LEHMANN (FRA)
• Pierre MARZULLO (FRA)
• Matteo SOULE (FRA)
• Finn ALTEMÖLLER (GER)
• Andrin ZEDLER (GER)
• Shaked SHACHAM (ISR)
• Aideen NORDIN (MAS)
• Doan NOAH (MEX)
• Luuk SPAARGAREN (NED)
• Trym Skuggen LANDMARK (NOR)
• Piotr NIZNIK (POL)
• Gilles MEILI (SUI)
• Davide TORRONI (SUI)
• Gianfranco DIAZ (VEN)
• Rafael GALINDO (VEN)
• Héctor PIÑA (VEN)

LAST YEAR'S RESULTS

IFSC World Cup Chamonix 2024:

Women's Lead:

1. Ai MORI (JPN)
2. Jessica PILZ (AUT)
3. Mei KOTAKE (JPN)

Men's Lead:

1. Colin DUFFY (USA)
2. Sam AVEZOU (FRA)
3. Toby ROBERTS (GBR)

Women's Speed:

1. Shaoqin ZHANG (CHN)
2. Natalia KALUCKA (POL)
3. Jimin JEONG (KOR)

Men's Speed:

1. Samuel WATSON (USA)
2. Xinshang WANG (CHN)
3. Erik NOYA CARDONA (ESP)

THE PROGRAMME

The three-day event will open on Friday night, with Speed qualifications warming up the city's square at 19:00 (UTC+2:00). Lead qualifications are scheduled to open day two, Saturday 12, starting from 9:00, while Speed finals are set to start at 21:00. Lead semi-finals and finals will close the programme on Sunday 13, respectively starting at 10:00 and 20:30.

Speed qualifications and finals, along with Lead semi-finals and finals, will be live-streamed on the IFSC YouTube channel. Geographical restrictions will apply to specific countries and territories; for a comprehensive list of where to watch the event click here.

News and updates about the event 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, Douyin, Weibo, and Xiaohongshu.