Lead climbing at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup

Competition lead climbing at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held at five locations, from 23 June to 4 September 2021. The International Federation of Sport Climbing had initially scheduled six competition-lead climbing events concluding on 17 October, but COVID-19 travel restrictions resulted in the cancellation of the event in Xiamen, China.

The top three in each competition received medals, and at the end of the season, the overall winners were awarded trophies. The overall winners were determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. Stefano Ghisolfi won the men's seasonal title, Janja Garnbret won the women's seasonal title, and Slovenia won the national team title.

Overview +DateLocationVenueRoute-setters*MenWomenJune, 23–26 Innsbruck, AustriaKletterzentrum Innsbruck Jakob Schubert Janja GarnbretJuly, 1–3 Villars, SwitzerlandPlace du Rendez-Vous Sean Bailey Janja GarnbretJuly, 12–13 Chamonix, FrancePlace du Mont Blanc Sean Bailey Laura RogoraJuly, 17–18 Briançon, FranceParc des Sports Stefano Ghisolfi Eliška AdamovskáSeptember, 3–4 Kranj, SloveniaDvorana Zlato polje Masahiro Higuchi Janja GarnbretOVERALL WINNERS Stefano Ghisolfi Janja GarnbretNATIONAL TEAM Slovenia * Chief route-setters are in bold.

Overall ranking The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. There are five competitions in the season. The national ranking is the sum of the points of that country's three best male and female athletes. Results displayed in parentheses are not counted.

Men The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2021: RankNAMEPointsInnsbruckVillarsChamonixBriançonKranj1 Stefano Ghisolfi3192. 8011. 312. 801. 10012. 282 Sean Bailey277( — )1. 1001. 1004. 5515. 223 Masahiro Higuchi2634. 557. 439. 3712. 281. 1004 Luka Potočar2127. 4325. 67. 438. 402. 805 Sascha Lehmann2043. 6512. 284. 555. 5126. 56 Martin Stráník192.8712. 2832. 0.873. 653. 6510. 347 Alberto Ginés López1695. 515. 5114. 247. 43( — )8 Sebastian Halenke160.057. 04. 5515. 2217. 183. 659 Domen Škofic13517. 1815. 2225. 610. 344. 5510 Alexander Megos1276. 472. 80( — )( — )( — )

Women The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2021: RankNAMEPointsInnsbruckVillarsChamonixBriançonKranj1 Janja Garnbret3001. 1001. 100( — )( — )1. 1002 Natalia Grossman29625. 63. 652. 802. 803. 653 Laura Rogora2787. 432. 801. 100( — )4. 554 Vita Lukan2696. 475. 514. 553. 655. 515 Lucka Rakovec1858. 407. 4323. 86. 476. 476 Aleksandra Totkova16818. 166. 473. 658. 40( — )7 Eliška Adamovská16212. 28( — )10. 341. 100( — )8 Momoko Abe14613. 264. 5511. 3125. 612. 289 Natsuki Tanii128( — )( — )5. 519. 378. 409 Lana Skusek12816. 2011. 3143. 07. 4310. 34

National Teams The results of the ten most successful countries of the Lead World Cup 2021:

Country names as used by the IFSC RankNationPointsInnsbruckVillarsChamonixBriançonKranj1 Slovenia1244.02. 274.02. 229.05. 135.01. 230.01. 376.021041.01. 279.03. 193.04. 158.05. 134.02. 277.03905.955. 110.551. 269.02. 237.02. 200.55. 88.94 Italy796.83. 149.756. 132.851. 244.54. 164.04. 105.75593.958. 80.755. 147.23. 192.07. 87.06. 87.06 Germany547.210. 57.24. 159.07. 91.356. 95.853. 143.87 Czech Republic396.557. 96.019. 0.96. 99.853. 165.813. 34.08 Austria364.254. 117.657. 71.7513. 35.59. 77.758. 61.69 Switzerland340.156. 96.39. 50.48. 86.810. 70.9512. 35.710 Russia262.559. 57.7511. 41.812. 40.08. 80.011. 43.0

Innsbruck, Austria (June, 23–26)

Men 99 men competed in the event.

Italy's Stefano Ghisolfi set an early high-point in the final which could only be surpassed by Austria's Jakob Schubert who took first place in front of his home crowd. Switzerland's Sascha Lehmann took third place after pushing Japan's Masahiro Higuchi to fourth place on count-back. Czech Republic's superstar Adam Ondra slipped low down on the final route and placed 8th. RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank Jakob Schubert38138+31.7339+47+ Stefano Ghisolfi3733565.131+47 Sascha Lehmann34+831+1411.6239+38+4 Masahiro Higuchi373118918.9734+38+5 Alberto Ginés López321634+812.3341+37+6 Alexander Megos37339+22.8338+37+7 Luka Potočar32+13233421.8239+27+8 Adam Ondra37+2TOP11.4142+17

Women 75 women competed in the event.

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret claimed the only top on the final route, claiming the win. USA's Brooke Raboutou placed second while Japan's Akiyo Noguchi placed third. RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank Janja GarnbretTOP1TOP11.4142+TOP Brooke Raboutou39+4TOP12.8336.5+40 Akiyo Noguchi311135+47.532+33+4 Viktoriia Meshkova31+733+1010.913522+5 Miho Nonaka311133+1013.233222+6 Vita Lukan4133474.935+19+7 Laura Rogora46+2TOP12.04213+8 Lucka Rakovec3353476.3236.5+13+

Villars, Switzerland (July, 1–3)

Men 68 men competed in the event.

USA's Sean Bailey won the gold medal. Germany's Alexander Megos took second while USA's Colin Duffy took third. RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank Sean BaileyTOP132+189.644038 Alexander Megos39+8TOP15.6137+35+ Colin Duffy38+16TOP17.043631+4 Sebastian Halenke39+832+1818.0437+26.5+5 Alberto Ginés López39+8331512.9640+26.56 Paul Jenft3521TOP18.3136267 Masahiro Higuchi39+832+1818.0437+128 Zento Murashita352134814.7836+11+

Women 53 women competed in the event.

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret topped all the routes in the competition, taking the win. Italy's Laura Rogora also topped the final route, but took silver due to count-back. USA's Natalia Grossman took bronze. RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank Janja GarnbretTOP1TOP11.41TOPTOP Laura Rogora20+17TOP17.3545+TOP Natalia Grossman35+540+45.2434+42+4 Momoko Abe36+3TOP12.6535+40+5 Vita Lukan20+1740+412.1935+40+6 Aleksandra Totkova32+635+118.4636+33+7 Lucka Rakovec37240+43.3240+17+8 Mia Krampl36+335126.483517+

Chamonix, France (July, 12–13)

Men 73 men competed in the event.

USA's Sean Bailey claimed his second win in the Lead World Cup. Italy's Stefano Ghisolfi and Czech Republic's Martin Stráník fell at the same crux in the final round and placed second and third respectively on count-back. RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank Sean Bailey37+540108.314334+ Stefano Ghisolfi32+26TOP111.624632 Martin Stráník35+10391714.943324 Sascha Lehmann378TOP16.047+295 Victor BaudrandTOP138215.6141+28+6 Marcello Bombardi35+1040+910.3941+26+7 Luka Potočar33+19401015.914525+8 Paul Jenft32+26TOP111.6245+25

Women 62 women competed in the event.

Italy's Laura Rogora topped three out of four routes in the competition, earning her a gold medal. USA's Natalia Grossman placed second while Bulgaria's Aleksandra Totkova placed third. RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank Laura Rogora44+21TOP19.81TOPTOP Natalia Grossman502TOP13.24TOP41+ Aleksandra Totkova5024874.58TOP38+4 Vita Lukan49+541+128.49TOP38+5 Natsuki Tanii44+2147814.83TOP32+6 Julia Chanourdie498TOP15.77TOP29+7 Ashima Shiraishi471840+1415.87TOP29+8 Dinara Fakhritdinova498TOP15.77TOP28+

Briançon, France (July, 17–18)

Men 68 men competed in the event.

Italy's Stefano Ghisolfi fell high on the head-wall and won the gold medal. Russia's Dmitrii Fakirianov and Czech Republic's Martin Stráník placed second and third respectively. RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank Stefano Ghisolfi32+232+43.042+42+ Dmitrii Fakirianov155233+211.5140+39+ Martin Stráník29+32985.6639+37+4 Sean Bailey29+327168.042+365 Sascha Lehmann22+1632+49.2537+356 Fedir Samoilov29627+139.5437357 Alberto Ginés López22+1633+26.893727+8 Luka Potočar33130+72.653722

Women 56 women competed in the event.

Czech Republic's Eliška Adamovská claimed her first gold medal. USA's Natalia Grossman placed second while Slovenia's Vita Lukan placed third. RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank Eliška Adamovská30527+179.35TOP36 Natalia Grossman34+13611.0TOP35+ Vita Lukan124935+213.1TOP294 Ashima Shiraishi23+2332+813.98TOP27+5 Ryu Nakagawa31+3243711.5336+27+6 Lucka Rakovec33+235+22.65TOP26+7 Lana Skusek28+734+67.553824+8 Aleksandra Totkova27+14281514.734122+

Kranj, Slovenia (September, 3–4)

Men 61 men competed in the event.

Japan's Masahiro Higuchi won his first World Cup gold medal. Slovenia's Luka Potočar placed second and Germany's Sebastian Halenke placed second and third respectively on count-back. Italy's Stefano Ghisolfi, placing 12th in the competition, was crowned this season overall Lead World Cup champion. RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank Masahiro Higuchi29+1437+812.9641+37 Luka Potočar18+46TOP110.954131+ Sebastian Halenke29+143859.840+31+4 Domen ŠkoficTOP1TOP13.7129+31+5 Fedir Samoilov25+2537+816.8437+30+6 Satone Yoshida29+1437+812.9640+16+7 Milan PreskarTOP1351910.4934+15+8 Ao YurikusaTOP13855.7433+15+

Women 45 women competed in the event.

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret, back from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, claimed the gold medal and by doing so also claimed the overall Lead World Cup title. South Korea's Chaehyun Seo claimed silver while USA's Natalia Grossman claimed bronze. RankNameQualificationSemi-FinalFinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank Janja GarnbretTOP143+85.3447+49+ Chaehyun SeoTOP1TOP13.03646 Natalia Grossman29+10TOP16.037+41+4 Laura RogoraTOP1TOP13.044+395 Vita Lukan34+643+88.1538+396 Lucka Rakovec291544710.4236+34+7 Dinara Fakhritdinova34+6TOP14.5835+31+8 Natsuki Tanii25+18362824.1734+26

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