The Chamonix Lead World Cup Is This Weekend – Here’s Who’s Competing and How to Watch

After a thrilling event in Villars, the IFSC World Cup series moves to Chamonix, France this weekend. This World Cup stop will feature both a speed and lead event. Lead qualifiers and speed finals are being held on Saturday July 8. On Sunday July 9, the event will conclude with the lead semi-finals and finals.

Some big names in lead climbing are registered to compete in the lead event including Alex Megos, Colin Duffy, Jessica Pilz, Chaehyun Seo, and Miho Nonaka. In 2022, Garnbret and Ondra took home gold in Chamonix, but they’re not competing at this year’s event. Garnbret’s gone unbeaten so far in the 2023 Lead World Cup, topping the podium in both Innsbruck and Villars.

Many of Canada and the United States’ top talent will be competing in the Chamonix lead event, although Brooke Raboutou and Natalia Grossman are not attending. Coming off a successful Boulder World Cup season, Raboutou won bronze at the Villars lead comp last week. See below for the full list of Canadian and American athletes competing in the 2023 Chamonix Lead World Cup.

Women

• Chloe Earle (CAN)
• Rebecca Frangos (CAN)
• Alannah Yip (CAN)
• Adriene Akiko Clark (USA)
• Annie Sanders (USA)
• Quinn Mason (USA)
• Mira Capicchioni (USA)

Men

• Victor Baudrand (CAN)
• Oscar Baudrand (CAN)
• Sean McColl (CAN)
• Jesse Grupper (USA)
• Colin Duffy (USA)
• Sean Bailey (USA)
• Hugo Hoyer (USA)
• Dillon Countryman (USA)

Livestream Schedule

The lead semi-finals and finals and speed finals will be livestreamed on the IFSC’s Youtube Channel. The livestream schedule is listed below:

Speed Finals – Saturday July 8 – 3pm ET (12pm PT)
Lead Semi-finals – Sunday July 9 – 4am ET (1am PT)
Men’s Lead Finals – Sunday July 9 – 2:30pm ET (11:30pm PT)
Women’s Lead Finals – Sunday July 9 – 3:30pm ET (12:30pm PT)