Canada VS U.S.A. at New Climbing Competition
IFSC Nations Grand Finale is a competition between six nations taking place in Japan this week
A new team-style climbing competition is taking place in Fukuoka, Japan, as the IFSC Nations Grand Finale is introduced to the world. It’s a unique team-based climbing competition featuring six nations competing in both Boulder and Lead disciplines. The six nations are South Korea, Japan, Israel, U.S.A., Canada and Australia.
In Lead, South Korea won gold, winning the IFSC Nations Grand Finale. in Lead. Meanwhile, the battle of North America also took place, as climbers from Canada and the U.S.A. were competing.
Team USA, featuring Vail Everett, Declan Osgood, Paloma Slowik, and Zoe Yi, and coached by Alvaro Rangel, had held a 0.5 point advantage after the first climb, but Israel overturned the deficit to claim third. The Canadian team of Riley Doherty, Hugo Dorval, Matthew Rodriguez, and Babette Roy didn’t make it through to finals and finished fifth overall.
The Boulder comp is currently taking place. For full results visit here. And to understand the rules to the new team event visit here.
Lead Finals
Boulder Finals
