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Canadian Victor Baudrand Makes Youth Worlds Finals

Canadian Victor Baudrand is heading to Youth B Lead Finals at the IFSC Youth World Championships in Innusbruck.

Placing fifth in Semis has put him in a good position to possibly stand on the podium. In Finals, he climbed strong and ended up in 12th. Full results here.

Watch the Finals below and Canadian results and photos here.

The IFSC Youth World Championships take place every year and gather hundreds of the most elite sport climbing athletes between the ages of 14 and 19.

This year, there are 1,172 athlete registrations across all categories – representing 50 countries and 5 continents – and climbing will take place for 12 days on the brand-new walls of Kletterzentrum Innsbruck.

This year, the Combined results will be the focus. In addition to medals in Bouldering, Lead and Speed, 20 female and 20 male Youth A athletes, and 6 female and 6 male Youth B and Juniors athletes, will compete in the Combined on the last weekend.

Sunday will also serve as the major qualification event for Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018, with 13 female and 13 male Youth A athletes to be recommended for selection.

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