Speed climbing Speed climbing is a climbing discipline in which speed is the ultimate goal. Speed climbing is done on rocks, walls and poles and is only recommended for highly skilled and experienced climbers. Competition speed climbing, which takes place on a ...

competitions at the

2018 IFSC Climbing World Cup The 2018 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 14 locations. There were 22 events: 7 bouldering, 7 lead, and 8 speed events. The season began on 13 April in Meiringen, Switzerland, and concluded on 28 October in Xiamen, China. The top 3 in each com ...

were being held at eight stops. The winners were awarded trophies, and the best three finishers received medals. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon

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, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

Bassa Mawem Bassa Mawem (born 9 November 1984) is a French professional speed climber. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – ''Sport climbing''; International Federation of Sport Climbing, 15 Marc ...

won the men's seasonal title,

Anouck Jaubert Anouck Jaubert (born 27 January 1994) is a French sport climber competing in speed climbing competitions. In 2017, she won the silver medal in the women's speed event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland. Four years earlier, she competed ...

won the women's seasonal title, and

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defended its national team title.

Overall Ranking

An overall ranking was determined based upon

, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

Men

7 best competition results were counted ''(not counting points in brackets)'' for IFSC Climbing World Cup 2018.

Women

7 best competition results were counted ''(not counting points in brackets)'' for IFSC Climbing World Cup 2018.

National Teams

For National Team Ranking, 3 best results per competition and category were counted ''(not counting results in brackets)''.

Moscow, Russia (21–22 April)

Men

75 athletes attended the World Cup in Moscow.

Reza Alipour Reza Alipour Shenazandifard ( fa, رضا علیپور شنازندی فرد, born 29 َApril 1994) is an Iranian speed climber from Qazvin. He is nicknamed the "Persian Cheetah". In 2013 at the World Cup in Haiyang, China, he broke the world r ...

dominated the finals and won with 5.82s against

Vladislav Deulin Vladislav Aleksandrovich Deulin (russian: Владислав Александрович Деулин; born 5 May 1994) is a Russian competition climber. He is the current world leader in the IFSC competition speed climbing discipine. Rankings ...

in the final race.

Veddriq Leonardo Veddriq Leonardo (born 11 March 1997) is an Indonesian speed climber. For about a year he held the world record in his discipline, which he set en route to winning the men's speed climbing event at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake ...

claimed third place after his teammate Hinayah Muhammad false started.

Women

68 athletes attended the World Cup in Moscow.

secured victory after

Iuliia Kaplina Iuliia Vladimirovna Kaplina (russian: Юлия Владимировна Каплина; born 11 May 1993) is a Russian sport climber who has won multiple speed climbing events and set multiple world records. She was the world record holder in wom ...

false started in the final race. After a short rest, Jaubert went for a solo run and matched the world record of 7.32 seconds set by Kaplina in the

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in Wrocław, Poland. Elena Timofeeva rounded up the podium in third place after winning a race against Aries Susanti Rahayu.

Chongqing, China (5–6 May)

Men

62 athletes attended the World Cup in

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. Dmitrii Timofeev won.

Women

43 athletes attended the World Cup in Chongqing. Aries Susanti Rahayu won.

Tai'an, China (12–13 May)

Men

68 athletes attended the World Cup in

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won.

Women

39 athletes attended the World Cup in Tai'an.

won.

Villars, Switzerland (6–7 July)

Men

68 athletes attended the World Cup in Villars. Aleksandr Shikov won.

Women

53 athletes attended the World Cup in Villars.

won.

Chamonix, France (11–13 July)

Men

83 athletes attended the World Cup in

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Danyil Boldyrev Danyil Boldyrev ( uk, Данило Владиславович Болдирєв, born May 15, 1992, in Donetsk, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian speed climber. He is World champion, multiple World and European Championships medalist and 2017 World Games ...

won.

Women

62 athletes attended the World Cup in Chamonix. Aleksandra Rudzinska won.

Arco, Italy (27–28 July)

Men

72 athletes attended the World Cup in

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won.

Women

50 athletes attended the World Cup in Arco.

won.

Wujiang, China (20–21 October)

Men

36 athletes attended the World Cup in Wujiang. Both Reza Alipourshenazandifar from Iran and Ludovico Fossali of Italy barely made it out of the opening round with hundredth of seconds results, Aleskandr Shilov of Russia ended Danyil Boldyrev of Ukraine winning streak In the quarterfinal, and Aspar Jaelolo of Indonesia took the gold medal after defeating Alipourshenazandifar in the semi-finals and Fossali in the final race. Alipourshenazandifar claimed third place after besting Aleskandr Shilov of Russia in the small final.

Women

33 athletes attended the World Cup in Wujiang. Anouck Jaubert outperformed teammate Victoire Andrier of France in the opening race, bested Sari Agustina of Indonesia with a time under 8 seconds in the quarterfinal, and overtook Mariia Krasavina of Russia by less than a second. In the final race, Jaubert was slower than Aries Susanti Rahayu by 0.3s and took silver medal, gold for Aries, and with it secured the speed season title.

took third place after edging out her teammate Mariia Krasavina of Russia.

Xiamen, China (27–28 October)

Men

35 athletes attended the World Cup in

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won after a tight race against Aspar Jaelolo in the final race.

clinched bronze medal after Dmitrii Timofeev fell in the small final.

Women

37 athletes attended the World Cup in Xiamen. Aries Susanti Rahayu won after Iuliia Kaplina fell in the final race. Anouck Jaubert took third place after besting Elena Remizova in the small final.

References

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