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Viktoriia Meshkova and Aleksei Rubstov are Going to the Olympics

The European Lead Championships 2020 took place this week in Moscow

Following a three-month hiatus from international Sport Climbing competitions, the IFSC European Championships 2020 took place this week in Moscow, Russia. The week-long competition culminated on Nov. 28 with the combined finals.

Russians Viktoriia Meshkova and Aleksei Rubstov took the golds and will be heading to the Olympics in Tokyo this summer. Both the men’s and women’s came down to the final lead climbs.

Visit here for full results and scroll down for a list of the climbers qualified for the Olympics, including Canadians Sean McColl and Alannah Yip.

 

Rewatch Finals

Climbers Going to Olympics

Women

Viktoriia Meshkova (RUS)
Miho Nonaka (JPN)
Janja Garnbret (SLO)
Akiyo Noguchi (JPN)[20] Shauna Coxsey (GBR)
Aleksandra Mirosław (POL)
Petra Klingler (SUI)
Brooke Raboutou (USA)
Jessica Pilz (AUT)
Julia Chanourdie (FRA)
Mia Krampl (SLO)
Iuliia Kaplina (RUS)
Kyra Condie (USA)
Laura Rogora (ITA)
Song Yiling (CHN)
Alannah Yip (CAN)
Anouck Jaubert (FRA)

Men

Kai Harada (JPN)
Tomoa Narasaki (JPN)
Jakob Schubert (AUT)
Rishat Khaibullin (KAZ)
Mickaël Mawem (FRA)
Alex Megos (GER)
Ludovico Fossali (ITA)
Sean McColl (CAN)
Adam Ondra (CZE)
Bassa Mawem (FRA)
Aleksei Rubstov (RUS)
Jan Hojer (GER)
Pan Yufei (CHN)
Alberto Ginés López (ESP)
Nathaniel Coleman (USA)
Colin Duffy (USA)
Michael Piccolruaz (ITA)

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