The 2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup was the 32nd edition of the World Cup held by the International Federation of Sport Climbing. It was scheduled to be held in 12 locations across three climbing disciplines, bouldering, lead and speed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic concerns, only one event was held, the Lead World Cup at Briançon in August, while all other World Cups were canceled.
| 2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Organiser | IFSC |
| Edition | 32nd |
| Event | Lead |
| Location |  Briançon, France |
| Dates | 20–22 August 2020 |
Original schedule edit
The 2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup was initially scheduled to be held in 12 locations, with six events each for the three climbing disciplines, bouldering, lead and speed, starting on 3 April and concluding on 11 October, with a break in August for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.[1]
| No. | Location | Date | Discipline | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder | Lead | Speed | |||
| 1 |  Meiringen
|
3–4 April | X | ||
| 2 |  Wujiang
|
18–19 April | X | ||
| 3 | Chongqing
|
22 April | X | ||
| 4 |  Seoul
|
8–10 May | X | X | |
| 5 |  Munich
|
23–24 May | X | ||
| 6 |  Salt Lake City
|
13–15 June | X | X | |
| 7 |  Innsbruck
|
23–27 June | X | X | |
| 8 | Villars
|
2–4 July | X | X | |
| 9 | Chamonix
|
11–13 July | X | X | |
| 10 | Briançon
|
18–19 July | X | ||
 2020 Summer Olympics — August 4–7
| |||||
| 11 |  Ljubljana
|
25–26 September | X | ||
| 12 | Xiamen
|
9–11 October | X | X | |
Revised schedule edit
Following cancellations of events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IFSC announced a revised schedule of events. The modified schedule reduced the number of events to six, starting with a lead competition Briançon, France in August and ending with a speed and boulder competition in Xiamen, China in December.[2] The IFSC further announced that it would not award official champions for the 2020 season.
Adam Ondra and Laura Rogora won the gold at Briançon for the men and women, respectively. Alex Megos, who finished fifth in the men's category, wrote a social media post criticised holding the event in the face of travel restrictions, meaning only European athletes could attend, and what he described as inconsistent masking and social distancing requirements.[3]
However, three of the events scheduled in China were canceled in July after the Government of China ordered all international sporting events to be halted for the remainder of the year.[4] In September 2020, following the Lead World Cup in Briançon in August, the IFSC announced the cancellation of the two remaining events, the Speed and Bouldering World Cups in Seoul, South Korea and Salt Lake City, United States,[5] making Briançon World Cup the only world climbing event of the 2020 season.
| No. | Location | Date | D | G | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Briançon
|
21–22 August | L | M |  Adam Ondra
|
Top | Domen Škofic
|
41 | Jakob Schubert
|
38+ |
| W |  Laura Rogora
|
Top | Janja Garnbret
|
Top | Fanny Gibert
|
42 | ||||
| 2 | Salt Lake City
|
11–13 September | S | Canceled | ||||||
| B | ||||||||||
| 3 | Seoul
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7–11 October | S | |||||||
| B | ||||||||||
| L | ||||||||||
| 4 | Chongqing
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23–25 October | S | |||||||
| B | ||||||||||
| 5 | Wujiang
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30 October–1 November | S | |||||||
| B | ||||||||||
| 6 | Xiamen
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4–6 December | S | |||||||
| L | ||||||||||
Results edit
Lead World Cup Briançon edit
Women edit
| Rank | Name | Score[6] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Rogora
|
TOP |
| 2 | Janja Garnbret
|
TOP |
| 3 | Fanny Gibert
|
42 |
| 4 | Jessica Pilz
|
41+ |
| 5 | Vita Lukan
|
39+ |
| 6 | Tjasa Kalan
|
39+ |
| 7 | Nina Arthaud
|
34+ |
| 8 | Giorgia Tesio
|
30+ |
| 9 | Lucija Tarkus
|
24+ |
Men edit
| Rank | Name | Score[7] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Ondra
|
TOP |
| 2 | Domen Škofic
|
41 |
| 3 | Jakob Schubert
|
38+ |
| 4 | Luka Potočar
|
30 |
| 5 | Alex Megos
|
27 |
| 6 | Mathias Posch
|
26 |
| 7 | Mejdi Schalck
|
25+ |
| 8 | Nao Monchois
|
25+ |
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "IFSC CALENDAR 2020: SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS". IFSC. 22 January 2020.
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (27 June 2020). "Adapted IFSC World Cup season scheduled to begin in August". insidethegames.biz.
- ^ "Ondra Celebrates, Megos Voices Covid World Cup Concerns". Gripped. 24 August 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (20 August 2020). "Briançon to host opening event of coronavirus-impacted IFSC World Cup season". insidethegames.biz.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (2 September 2020). "IFSC takes "painful decision" in cancelling two World Cup events". insidethegames.biz.
- ^ "IFSC - Climbing World Cup (L) - Briançon (FRA) 2020 Women Lead Official General Result" (PDF). IFSC. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-24.
- ^ "IFSC - Climbing World Cup (L) - Briançon (FRA) 2020 Men Lead Official General Result" (PDF). IFSC. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-24.