New World Record for Speed Climber Aries Susanti Rahayu
She is the first woman to climb a speed wall in less than seven seconds
Aries Susanti Rahayu has become the first woman to climb a speed route in under seven seconds and in doing so set the world record. She clocked a time of 6.995 seconds at the Xiamen World Cup.
Since 2017, the record has been broken three times, all by different climbers. Held for years by Russia’s Iuliia Kaplina, it was beat by Anouck Jaubert from France, then YiLing Song from China and now by Susanti Rahayu from Indonesia.
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Women’s Speed World Records
2019: Aries Susanti Rahayu at 6.995
2019: YiLing Song at 7.101
2018: Anouck Jaubert at 7.321
2017: Iuliia Kaplina at 7.325
Not only did Aries SUSANTI RAHAYU (INA) win the gold in Xiamen, she broke the World Record and is the first women to clock in a time under 7 seconds!! #IFSCwc
— IFSC (@IFSClimbing) October 19, 2019