IFSC 2016 World Cup: Elan Jonas-McRae Finishes Top 30

The Arco World Cup took place at the Rock Master Festival this year. Canadian Elan Jonas-McCrae had his best finish of the Lead World Cup this year with landing in 27th. In Imst, he finished 36th, Villars in 31st and Chamonix in 41st. Romain Desgranges from France and Belgium climber Anak Verhoeven won the fifth stage of the Lead World Cup this year. In second and third or the males was Jakob Schubert and Dmitrii Fakiryanov, and for the females was Jain Kim and Janja Garnbret.

Other Canadians who competed include Nathan Smith (66th in Lead), Alison Stewart-Patterson (52nd in Lead, 26th in Speed), Christy Spurrell (54th in Lead) and Jaylene Pratt (55th in Lead). For the full results see here. The World Championships are from Sept. 14 to 18 in Paris. For more info see here.

@elanjm1 getting close to the top on Men's Q2 at the Imst World Cup. Unfortunately no Canadians will be moving onto semis, but we'll all be watching and cheering on our friends from other countries! #ifscwc #climbing

A photo posted by @climbcanada on Aug 19, 2016 at 4:54am PDT