Watch the Second Lead World Cup of 2023 This Weekend
The event in Villars, Switzerland will see some of Canada and the United States' top talent vie for gold
Photo by: Jan Virt/IFSC
After an awesome event in Innsbruck, the IFSC World Cup series moves to Villars, Switzerland this weekend. This World Cup stop will feature both a speed and lead event. Lead qualifiers are being held on Friday. On Saturday July 1, lead semi-finals and finals will both be held. Then, on Sunday July 2, the event will wrap up with speed qualifiers and finals.
Some huge names in European climbing are registered to compete in the lead event including Alex Megos, Jakob Schubert, Oriane Bertone, and 2023 Innsbruck gold medalist Sascha Lehmann. Adam Ondra is also expected to make his 2023 Lead World Cup debut at the event. Janja Garnbret, who took the top spot two weeks ago in both boulder and lead at Innsbruck, is registered to compete. She won gold at all six previous Villars Lead World Cup events (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022).
Many of Canada and the United States’ top talent climbers will be competing in the Villars lead event. Brooke Raboutou and Natalia Grossman will both be there, as will Sean McColl. Here are the Canadian and American athletes registered to compete in lead:
Women
- Chloe Earle (CAN)
- Rebecca Frangos (CAN)
- Indiana Chapman (CAN)
- Adriene Akiko Clark (USA)
- Natalia Grossman (USA)
- Brooke Raboutou (USA)
- Annie Sanders (USA)
- Kyra Condie (USA)
- Cloe Coscoy (USA)
Men
- Victor Baudrand (CAN)
- Oscar Baudrand (CAN)
- Sean McColl (CAN)
- Jesse Grupper (USA)
- Colin Duffy (USA)
- Sean Bailey (USA)
- Zach Galla (USA)
- Dillon Countryman (USA)
Will Garnbret continue to dominate women’s Lead World Cups? Will Lehmann win his second gold in a row, this time in front of a home crowd? After mixed results in bouldering this year, how will Ondra fare back on the Lead World Cup stage? Will Megos and Schubert reach podium two events in a row? Will a Canadian make it through to the semis or finals? We’ll be covering the results so be sure to check back in to Gripped Indoor Climbing for the latest news.
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:
Lead Semi-finals – Saturday July 1 – 6am ET (3am PT)
Lead Finals – Saturday July 1 – 2pm ET (11am PT)
Speed Finals – Sunday July 2 –12pm ET (9am PT)
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