Qualification at IFSC World Cup Wujiang has given us the 26 climbers through to the semi-finals at the Fenhu Culture and Sports Center, and we talk to some of the athletes for some competition thoughts.

The IFSC World Cup returns to China this weekend as Wujiang hosts Lead and Speed climbers from across the globe from 22 to 24 September in the final World Cup of the 2023 season.

Throughout the 2023 season, the IFSC will bring some interesting facts and figures ahead of our events, in association with statistician Paul Highams. The next set of stats is for the upcoming World Cup event taking place in Wujiang, China from 22 to 24 September 2023 for the Lead and Speed disciplines and is heldindoor at the Fenhu Culture and Sports Center.

The IFSC has reached a major milestone in its 16-year history following the Executive Board’s approval of its 100^th Member Federation.

The IFSC European Qualifier Rome 2023 finally presented Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland and Bassa Mawem of France with a ticket to Paris 2024, after they both placed in top position in the men’s and women’s Speed final, respectively.

The home team played a starring role in the opening round of the IFSC European Qualifier Rome 2023, which took place at noon in one of most iconic sports venues in Italy – Foro Italico. Indeed, four Italian climbers in total – one women and three men – made the cut and qualified for the Speed finals that will conclude the event.

Climbing in the iconic sports complex of Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, Poland’s Aleksandra Miroslaw set things straight from the very beginning, taking first place in the women’s qualification round at the IFSC European Qualifier.

The IFSC Athletes’ Commission has a new look after four new members were welcomed to replace the outgoing climbers at the end of their tenure.

One of the most ancient cities in the world, with a history that spans 28 centuries, is about to award two Olympic tickets in the fastest medal event of the Paris 2024 programme.

The IFSC European Speed Qualifier will take place tomorrow in the Italian capital city of Rome, with qualifications scheduled to start at 12:00 (UTC+2:00) and finals closing the day at 20:00.

The winners of the gold medal race in both the men’s and women’s events will qualify for the Paris Olympics, pending the confirmation of their respective National Olympic Committees, and adding their names to the ones of Matteo Zurloni of Italy, Long Jinbao of China, Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi of Indonesia, and Emma Hunt of the USA – who all qualified at the IFSC World Championships Bern 2023, last August.

The final act of the IFSC World Cup Koper 2023 was an eruption of sound heard across the Slovenian coast as Janja Garnbret topped the women’s final route to claim her 26^th Lead World Cup gold medal.

With a day of Lead qualification and semi-finals at the Plus Climbing centre in Koper, climbing fans quickly learned who would be fighting for the IFSC World Cup medals on offer from the Slovenian coast as the last eight men and women were left standing.

As qualification at IFSC World Cup Koper finishes and the 26 climbers progressing to semi-finals confirmed, we talk to some of the athletes to get some perspectives of the competition from the Slovenian coastal town.