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.
Original schedule 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. No.LocationDateDisciplineBoulderLeadSpeed1 Meiringen3–4 AprilX2 Wujiang18–19 AprilX3 Chongqing22 AprilX4 Seoul8–10 MayXX5 Munich23–24 MayX6 Salt Lake City13–15 JuneXX7 Innsbruck23–27 JuneXX8 Villars2–4 JulyXX9 Chamonix11–13 JulyXX10 Briançon18–19 JulyX 2020 Summer Olympics — August 4–711 Ljubljana25–26 SeptemberX12 Xiamen9–11 OctoberXX
Revised schedule 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. 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.
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. 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, making Briançon World Cup the only world climbing event of the 2020 season.
No.LocationDateGoldSilverBronze1 Briançon21–22 AugustLM Adam OndraTop Domen Škofic 41 Jakob Schubert 38+W Laura RogoraTop Janja GarnbretTop Fanny Gibert422 Salt Lake City11–13 SeptemberSCanceledB3 Seoul 7–11 OctoberSBL4 Chongqing23–25 OctoberSB5 Wujiang30 October–1 NovemberSB6 Xiamen4–6 DecemberSL
Results Lead World Cup Briançon Women Rank Name Score 1 Laura Rogora TOP2 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 Rank Name Score 1 Adam Ondra TOP2 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
See also Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports 2020 IFSC Climbing European Championships
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