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IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CUP WUJIANG 2015:

ADAM ONDRA & JAIN KIM: 2014 LEAD WORLD CHAMPIONS ON TOP OF THE PODIUM IN WUJIANG

The IFSC Speed World Cup Series 2015 wrapped up in Wujiang, China with a dual Lead and Speed competition that saw some amazing performances!

The “Capital of Silk” was in the spotlight this weekend as the world’s best Lead and Speed climbers gathered to compete in one of the last IFSC World Cups of the season. All time favourites take gold in Lead As the leaves change colour and the season winds down, the race for the Lead World Cup title heated up! In the women’s final, there was a move where all the finalists fell, all but two: Anak Verhoeven (BEL), who made it one move further, and Jain Kim (KOR), who fell 6 moves higher than the rest of the field and took gold. Thanks to this amazing performance, Jain Kim is now 2nd in the Lead World Cup ranking behind Mina Markovic (SLO), and in front of Jessica Pilz (AUT), who took bronze in Wujiang. In the men’s field, Adam Ondra (CZE) made it back from a somewhat lackluster 2015 season to win his first World Cup of the year in Wujiang. The Czech prodigy dominated the final with a very efficient climbing style that gave him the gold. Puurs winner Domen Skofic (SLO) was again in great form this weekend, and he took silver in Wujiang after a tough fight in the final. Sean McColl (CAN) completes the podium. Gautier Supper still leads the Lead World Cup ranking, but Adam Ondra is only ten points behind. It will all come down to the last IFSC World Cup of the season to pick up a Lead World Cup Champion 2015!

Mariia Krasavina and Qixin Zhong are the 2015 Speed World Cup Champions This weekend was the grand finale of the Speed World Cup Series 2015, and the world’s best Speed climbers raced up the wall faster than ever to grab a podium spot! In the women’s category, Mariia Krasavina (RUS) took gold and secured 1st place in the Speed World Cup ranking for the 2nd year in a row. Anouck Jaubert (FRA) came 2nd and secured silver in the Speed World Cup ranking, while Iuliia Kaplina (RUS) came 4th and secured bronze in the Speed World Cup ranking. Edyta Ropek (POL) took bronze in Wujiang. In the men’s competition, Reza Alipourshena (IRI) took gold in Wujiang in front of Libor Hroza (CZE), who came second, and Bassa Mawem (FRA), who took bronze. 2015 Speed World Cup gold was awarded to Qixin Zhong (CHN). 2015 Speed World Cup silver medalist was Libor Hroza, and 2015 Speed World Cup bronze medalist was Danyil Boldyrev. Next stop: Kranj (SLO) Kranj will host the last IFSC Lead World Cup of the season on November 14-15, 2015. For more information on the event and access to the live streaming of the semi-finals and finals, join us: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org As always, we are present on Twitter during competitions, so reach out with the hashtag #IFSCwc.

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RESULTS OF IFSC WORLD CUP WUJIANG 2015 - LEAD

WOMEN LEAD:

For Full Results: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=1594&cat=2

WOMEN SPEED:

For Full Results:

http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=1594&cat=24

MEN LEAD:

For Full Results: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=1594&cat=1

MEN SPEED:

For Full Results:

http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!comp=1594&cat=23

RANK NAME NATION POINTS

1 Kim Jain KOR 40+ 2 Verhoeven Anak BEL 34 3 Pilz Jessica AUT 33+ 4 Janicot Hélène FRA 33+ 5 Kobayashi Yuka JPN 33+ 6 Markovic Mina SLO 33+ 7 Rock Magdalena AUT 33+ 8 Posch Katharina AUT 33+

RANK NAME NATION TIME

1 Krasavina Mariia RUS 7.86 2 Jaubert Anouck FRA 8.12 3 Ropek Edyta POL 12.31 4 Kaplina Iuliia RUS FALL 5 Rudzinska Aleksandra POL 8.57 6 Marenych Alla UKR 10.03 7 Buczek Klaudia POL 10.52 8 Tsyganova Anna RUS 14.66

RANK NAME NATION POINTS

1 Ondra Adam CZE 35 2 Skofic Domen SLO 31 3 McColl Sean CAN 28+ 4 J. Puigblanque Ramón ESP 26+ 5 Schubert Jakob AUT 22 6 Halenke Sebastian GER 21 7 Supper Gautier FRA 21 8 Nakano Minoru JPN 10

RANK NAME NATION TIME

1 Alipourshena. Reza IRI 6.06 2 Hroza Libor CZE fall 3 Mawem Bassa FRA 7.49 4 Boldyrev Danyil UKR 2 false start

5 Dzienski Marcin POL 6.03 6 Shilov Aleksandr RUS 6.16 7 Kokorin Stanislav RUS 6.28 8 Zhong Qixin CHN fall

RESULTS OF IFSC WORLD CUP WUJIANG 2015 - SPEED

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WOMEN SPEED: MEN SPEED:

For Full Results: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_FS&cup=15_WC

For Full Results: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_MS&cup=15_WC

NEWS EDIT FOR TV CHANNELS A news edit and a dope sheet will be available for TVs shortly after the end of each Final. You will be able to download them here: ftp://ftp.ifsc-climbing.org/ - login: media - password: media15

REPLAYS The replays of the Speed finals and the Lead semi-finals and finals will be available shortly after the event on our YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2MGuhIaOP6YLpUx106kTQw

PHOTOS A selection of photos from Wujiang can be found Monday morning on our Flickr page here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/123572206@N08/sets/with/72157644623968172

RANK NAME NATION POINTS

1 Krasavina Mariia RUS 400 2 Jaubert Anouck FRA 390 3 Kaplina Iuliia RUS 365 4 Tsyganova Anna RUS 291 5 Ropek Edyta POL 284 6 Rudzinska Aleksandra POL 239 7 Buczek Klaudia POL 198 8 Chudziak Patrycja POL 148

RANK NAME NATION POINTS

1 Zhong Qixin CHN 405 2 Hroza Libor CZE 322 3 Boldyrev Danyil UKR 295 4 Dzienski Marcin pol 277 5 Mawem Bassa FRA 254 6 Shilov Aleksandr RUS 216 7 Alipourshena. Reza IRI 208 8 Kokorin Stanislav RUS 169

2015 IFSC WORLD CUP RANKING - SPEED

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VIDEOS YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ifscchannel

PHOTOS For a selection of photos available shortly after each event, please visit the Photo Gallery on www.ifsc-climbing.org

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WHAT’S NEXT? IFSC Climbing World Cup (L) – Kranj (SLO), November 14-15, 2015

Provisional program (GMT+2)

Saturday, November 14th

09:00 Male Lead Qualification

14:00 Fem ale Lead Qualification

20:00 Male & Female Lead Semi-Finals (live broadcasting)

Sunday, November 15th

17:00 Athletes Presentation and observation time (live broadcasting)

17:15 Male & Female Lead Finals (live broadcasting)

19:00 Award Ceremony (live broadcasting)

FOR MORE INFORMATION Pierre-Emmanuel DANGER Press Officer, systemd

Mobile: +33 672230735 Email: press@ifsc-climbing.org Anne FUYNEL Director of Marketing & Communications, IFSC

Mobile: +33 640469961 Email: anne.fuynel@ifsc-climbing.org