Ice Climbing World Cup 2018 starts in Saas Fee, Switzerland

The Ice Climbing World Cup 2018 began this morning with the first of five stages at Saas Fee in Switzerland. After this Swiss weekend the world cup circuit will travel to Corvara - Rabenstein in Italy (25-27 January), to Hohhot in China (2-4 February), Cheongsong in South Korea (9-11 February) before ending its run at Kirov in Russia from 2 - 4 March. in the midst o this timetable, the World Championships will take place on 4-5 February at Champagny-en-Vanoise in France.

This morning’s action included the qualifiers of both Lead and Speed, and this evening the fastest ice climbers will compete in the finals as of 19:30. The Lead semifinals and finals take place tomorrow, and these will be transmitted live, too.

PROGRAM
Friday 19 January
08:30: Lead qualifiers female
09:00: Speed qualifiers male
14:15: Lead qualifiers male
15:00: Speed qualifiers female
19:30: Speed finals male
20:30: Speed finals male

Saturday 20 January
08:45: Lead Semifinals female
13:00: Lead Semifinals male
19:00: Lead finals female and male

Speed Finals


Lead Semifinale femminile


Lead Semifinale maschile


Lead Finals


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