The first IFSC Para Climbing World Cup of the year took place at Momentum gym in Salt Lake City, Utah with climbers travelling from around the world, including El Salvador who had the first athletes from the nation competing.

Nineteen sport classes took to the Lead wall on a busy day of qualification with the finals line-ups decided with the qualified climbers still in with a shot at a World Cup medal. They are set to battle it out for the first podiums of the three event 2025 series.

WHAT THEY SAID:

Lee SHAFFER (USA)

“My first World Cup was great. I’ve only been climbing for about ten months or so and I got to come to my first World Cup and top a qualifying route. I was a little disappointed on the second route, but I came, and I learned a lot from the experience. For sure there will be more to come.”

“Having a World Cup at home in the USA is great. Travel is easy, but more than that you get to inspire a lot of people.”

FINAL STARTLISTS

These are the climbers that will compete again in tomorrow’s final round

Men’s AU2:

1. MUSSON Sebastian (GBR)
2. RIPMAN Isak (NOR)
3. SMITH Trevor (USA)
4. ZARZUELA Brian (USA)

Women’s AU2:

1. PIRET Solenne (FRA)
2. CAPOVILLA Lucia (ITA)
3. RUBIN Eleanor (USA)
4. HEBERLE Carolin (GER)

Men’s AU3:

1. PARLMER Benen (USA)
2. KEOUGH Mason (USA)
3. SAPIR Mor Michael (ISR)
4. GEISSELER Dominic (SUI)

Women’s AU3:

1. SMREKAR Manca (SLO)
2. MCDERMOTT Emily (CAN)
3. SMREKAR Manca (SLO)

Men’s AL1:

1. CISLAW Tanner (USA)
2. VANDENHOVEN Pavitra (BEL)
3. PÖSENDORFER Markus (AUT)
4. ZELLER Angelino (AUT)

Men’s AL2:

1. LONG Kyle (USA)
2. RAMOS Corey (USA)
3. LEYS Frederik (BEL)
4. KAMMERER David (ITA)
5. ZILZ Ethan (USA)
6. DELARUE Thierry (FRA)

Women’s AL2:

1. TRUSCOTT Kaitlyn (USA)
2. GRAY Emily (RSA)
3. LOOMIS Morgan (USA)
4. MAIA Rachel (NZL)
5. JARRIGE Lucie (FRA)

Men’s B1:

1. DUFTON Jesse (GBR)
2. AGUILAR AMOEDO Francisco Javier (ESP)
3. AITA Sho (JPN)

Men’s B2:

1. NEDU Razvan (ROU)
2. PELEGRÍN GÓMEZ Guillermo (ESP)
3. HAMANOUE Fumiya (JPN)

Men’s B3:

1. MISURACA Chaz (CAN)
2. MARTINEZ Martin (USA)
3. ANDREI Daniel-Bebe-Vasilică (ROU)
4. CANDOI Cosmin Florin (ROU)

Women’s B1:

1. AOKI Hiromi (JPN)
2. BREDICE Nadia (ITA)
3. GLUSIC Tanja (SLO)
4. LAKROUT Emeline (USA)

Women’s B2:

1. LE BON Linda (AUT)
2. LAWERENZ Ivon (GER)
3. GRUBE Luisa (GER)

Women’s B3:

1. MAEOKA Mika (JPN)
2. BOUTEL MENARD Elsa (FRA)
3. POSTON Linn (USA)
4. BARKAN Phoebe (USA)

Men’s RP1:

1. FRANCK Korbinian (GER)
2. RISHAUG Kim (NOR)
3. MARTIN Paul (USA)
4. POTTIER Aloïs (FRA)

Men’s RP2:

1. KUMAR Manikandan (IND)
2. BUTLER Brayden (USA)
3. HROZEK Philipp (GER)

Men’s RP3:

1. SILVA MESQUITA Igor Jean (BRA)
2. RYS Frantisek (CZE)
3. SMITH Luke (GBR)
4. HARŠÁNY Andrej (SVK)
5. YAMASHITA Kazuhiko (JPN)
6. TAKANO Tadashi (JPN)

Women’s RP1:

1. ZOOK Hannah (USA)
2. STEWART Jackie (USA)
3. RUIZ Melissa (USA)

Women’s RP2:

1. LONGHI Sarah (SUI)
2. FUTAHASHI Matoi (JPN)
3. EIVIK Dina (NOR)
4. PLANK Jasmin (AUT)

Women’s RP3:

1. MARTIN Elisa (ITA)
2. YOSHIDA Momoko
3. DIAS Marina (BRA)
4. VOREL Nat (USA)

For full results click here

The finals begin at 12:00 local time tomorrow (Wednesday 21 May) and will be streamed LIVE on the IFSC YouTube channel.

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