IFSC Edinburgh 2022 Speed Climbing World Cup
Edinburgh hosts the IFSC speed and lead competition. This time, no speed record was broken as both Indonesian Kiromal Katibin and Veddriq Leonardo did not compete in Edinburgh. In the men’s speed finals, Samuel Watson beat Jinbao Long and became the first USA climber to win gold in speed climbing.
For the women’s event, the gold medal was fought between 2 sisters Aleksandra and Natalia Kalucka from Poland. Natalia had an early slip and Aleksandra went on to win her first IFSC Speed gold medal.
Men’s Speed Finals Results
PC: Lena Drapella/IFSC
- SAMUEL WATSON | USA
- JINBAO LONG | CHN
- ERIK NOYA CARDONA | ESP
Women’s Speed Finals Results
PC: Lena Drapella/IFSC
- ALEKSANDRA KALUCKA | POL
- NATALIA KALUCKA | POL
- EMMA HUNT | USA
IFSC Speed Finals Highlights | Edinburgh 2022
IFSC Edinburgh 2022 Lead Climbing World Cup
Edinburgh sees the return of Jesse Grupper back to his winning ways. Jesse was the only climber to top the route. He was able to clip into the anchor just when the clock runs out. Jesse Grupper had a fantastic year thus far. He had stood on the podium 3 times with 1 win and now he added another win. With this win, Jesse Grupper is in 3rd position in the overall lead ranking with 1 more lead world cup left to go in 2022.
The women’s final was a repeat of Koper. The gold medal was a fight between Ai Mori and Janja Garnbret. Both climbers topped the final route thus the decision will go back to the result of the semi-final. Ai Mori topped in the semi-final route but Janja did not because her top was ruled out as she clipped the anchor after her time ran out. Ai Mori is proving to be a nemesis to Janja Garnbret by being the only climber to defeat her in 2022.
Men’s Lead Finals Results
PC: Lena Drapella/IFSC
- JESSE GRUPPER | USA
- LUKA POTOCAR | SLO
- TOBY ROBERTS | GBR
Women’s Lead Finals Results
PC: Lena Drapella/IFSC
- AI MORI | JPN
- JANJA GARNBRET | SLO
- CHAEHYUN SEO | KOR
