IFSC Seoul 2023 Speed & Boulder World Cup Results

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IFSC Seoul 2023 Speed & Boulder World Cup

One week after IFSC Boulder World Cup in Hachioji, Seoul Korea hosted the 2nd round of the World Cup competition. The first Speed World Cup of 2023 was an event that see the world speed climbing record for both men and women broken numerous times by the same climber. As for the boulder event, due to a storm, the event was delayed resulting in the cancellation of the finals. Instead, the semi-finals will determine the winner of the IFSC Seoul 2023 boulder world cup.

Speed Final Results

If you think we’ll need to wait for a few rounds of the speed world cup before we witness a new men’s or women’s world speed record, well you don’t need to. The first round of the IFSC speed world cup saw Aleksandra Miroslaw and Veddriq Leonardo both breaking the men’s and women’s world records. Aleksandra broke the women’s speed record 4 times while Veddriq did it twice. Both of them ended up winning gold as a result. The men’s new speed world record set by Veddriq is the first time ever to go under 5.0 seconds. The new men’s speed record now stands at 4.90 seconds and the women’s record is 6.26 seconds. To add icing on the cake, Aleksandra Miroslaw set the women’s speed world record time at the final’s climb which won her the gold medal.

IFSC Seoul 2023 womens speed world record — Aleksandra Miroslaw Women’s World Speed Record (6.26s)

IFSC Seoul 2023 mens speed world record — Veddriq Leonardo Men’s World Speed Record (4.90s)

Veddriq new speed world record — Veddriq Leonardo – 4.90s – Speed Climbing World Record

Men Speed Final Results

VEDDRIQ LEONARDO | INA
JINBAO LONG | CHN
XINSHANG WANG | CHN

Women Speed Final Results

ALEKSANDRA MIROSLAW | POL
NATALIA KALUCKA | POL
DESAK MADE RITA KUSUMA DEWI | INA

Speed Final Highlights | Seoul 2023

Boulder Semi-Final/Finals Results

A storm on Saturday resulted in a delay to the Semi-Finals. The organiser decided to use the Semi-Finals event result to decide the winner of the boulder world cup in Seoul.

After the women’s boulder world cup had been dominated by Janja Garnbert and Natalia Grossman for the past few years. Miho Nonaka once again won a boulder world cup gold by beating Orian Bertone and Brooke Raboutou. This win ends Miho Nonaka’s gold drought since she last won gold in Meiringen 2018. Brooke Raboutou was again on the podium this time in 3rd place in Seoul after her first boulder world cup win in Hachioji a week ago.

The men’s Semi-Final/Finals boulder problems were a repeat of Hachioji. The last boulder problem (M4) did not see any climber getting to the zone or top. Fresh from winning in Hachioji a week ago, Mejdi Schalck once again beat the rest of the field to win his second gold in 2023.