The 2025 World Cup Begins This Weekend
Don't miss the Boulder World Cup in Keqiao, China on Saturday and Sunday. Here's how and when you can watch the comp.
Photo by: Daniel Gajda
The first World Cup of the 2025 season begins today in Keqiao, China. The Boulder comp will see athletes from around the world compete in qualification, semi-final, and final rounds. The qualification round is taking place on Friday local time. The women’s semi-finals and finals will run on Saturday local time, with the rest of the men’s comp happening on Sunday local time.
In the men’s comp, there are some big names in the world of climbing registered and confirmed for the event, including Colin Duffy, Sam Avezou, Mejdi Schalck, Tomoa Narasaki, Sorato Anraku, Dohyun Lee, and Paris Olympic champion Toby Roberts, among others. The women’s event also looks stacked with athletes like Oceania Mackenzie, Annie Sanders, Oriane Bertone, Erin McNeice, Miho Nonaka, and Chaehyun Seo ready to compete.
Brooke Raboutou and Janja Garnbret are sitting out much of the World Cup season in 2025. Natalia Grossman is out recovering from knee surgery. Adam Ondra, Jakob Schubert, and Alex Megos are not competing at the event. In addition to Duffy and Sanders, several of Canada and the United States’ other top talent will be competing in China. See below for the full list of Canadian and American athletes registered to compete in the Keqiao Boulder comp.
Canadian and American Men
- Oscar Baudrand (CAN)
- Dylan Smith (CAN)
- Matthew Rodriguez (CAN)
- Colin Duffy (USA)
- Joshua Gerhardt (USA)
- Alex Waller (USA)
- Benjamin Hanna (USA)
Canadian and American Women
- Jacqueline Ho (CAN)
- Rebecca Frangos (CAN)
- Babette Roy (CAN)
- Cloe Coscoy (USA)
- Nekaia Sanders (USA)
- Kyra Condie (USA)
- Annie Sanders (USA)
- Adriene Akiko Clark (USA)
- Ella Fisher (USA)
Livestream Schedule
The Keqiao Boulder World Cup semi-finals and finals will be livestreamed on the IFSC’s Youtube channel. The livestream schedule is listed below.
Women’s semi-finals – Saturday April 19 – 12am ET (Friday April 18 – 9pm PT)
Women’s finals – Saturday April 19 – 7am ET (4am PT)
Men’s semi-finals – Sunday April 20 – 12am ET (Saturday April 19 – 9pm PT)
Men’s finals – Sunday April 20 – 7am ET (4am PT)
We’ll be covering the results so be sure to check back in to Gripped Indoor Climbing for the latest news.
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