The 2026 World Climbing Asia Championship, the 30th edition, was held in Meishan, China from 8 to 12 April 2026. The Asian competition climbing continental championships consists of lead, speed, bouldering.
The Asian continental champions earn qualification slots for the 2027 World Climbing Championships in their respective disciplines. Additionally, athletes who finish within the top six in each gender for Boulder and Lead, and the top eight for Speed, qualify for the 2026 Asian Games, subject to the maximum quota per gender per nation.
Competition highlights
Ai Mori flashed all boulders in the final, earning a perfect score of 100 points. Mori's win also marked her first international victory in the bouldering discipline. In the women's speed discipline, Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi set a new Asian Record (AsR) of 6.07 seconds to win gold. She broke her own record twice on the same day, having previously recorded 6.15 seconds in the semifinals.
Medalists Men's Lead Men's Bouldering Men's Speed Women's Lead Women's Bouldering Women's Speed
Medal table
Lead
Men Rank NameQualificationSemi-Final FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Neo SuzukiTOP1TOP12.74TOP 41+2 Sorato AnrakuTOP1TOP12.7442+ 40+ 3 Shion Omata 49550+107.2549 39 4 Lee Dohyun 4885288.2544+ 39 5 Satone Yoshida TOP1TOP12.7450+ 38+ 6 Pan Yufei48+6TOP14.4246+ 37+ 7 Hyunseung Noh 48+655+66.2446 36+ 8 Ao Yurikusa TOP 153+74.1837+ 36+
Women Rank NameQualificationSemi-Final FinalRoute 1Route 2PointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Ai MoriTOP1TOP11.73TOP TOP2 Seo Chae-hyunTOP152+22.45TOP 41+ 3 Natsumi Oda 44+849+910.044+ 34+ 4 Chaeyeong KimTOP151+33.8743+ 34+ 5 Jain Kim44+851+37.0744+ 31+ 6 Ryu Nakagawa44+851+37.0744+ 31+ 7 Natsuki Tanii TOP15084.946+ 21+ 8 Hana KoikeTOP151+33.8744+ 21+
Bouldering
Men Rank NameQualificationSemi-Final Final 1 Lee Dohyun94.684.4 99.92 Tomoa Narasaki108.659.7 84.7 3 Keita Dohi 99.360 74.8 4 Pan Yufei10075 59.6 5 Sohta Amagasa8569.5 54 6 Hu Junzhe 99.684.1 49.4 7 Jongwon Chon 7074.9 44.6 8 Rei Kawamata 84.760 44
Women Rank NameQualificationSemi-Final Final 1 Ai Mori124.969 1002 Melody Sekikawa12569.8 85 3 Futaba Ito 12584.7 69.4 4 Luo Zhilu68.868.8 55 5 Anon Matsufuji12569.6 54.8 6 Mao Nakamura 12569.5 54.2 7 Zhang Yuetong 124.869.4 40 8 Miho Nonaka 109.769.6 39.2
Speed
Men Final bracket
Women Final bracket
References
External links World Climbing Asia Youtube channel Full Results (Archived)