2015 Indoor Competition season gets underway in earnest

• Wednesday 13th May 2015

May 13^th, 2015

Following the European Youth Cup leading event earlier in May, interest this week (May 14^th-16^th) swings round to Innsbruck, Austria for the first leg of the European Competion series, the Bouldering Championship. Also this weekend (May 17^th) is the first leg of the World Cup which kicks-off in Canada with a speed climbing leg.

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As with many sports, the comp season is packed with numerous features from now until early December. Being contested through the season are the European Youth Cup, the European Championship, the World Cup, the Paraclimbing Cup, the European Universities Sport Climbing Championship, the Universities World Championships, the Asian Continental Championship and the Asian Youth Championship as well as Master Events.

The World Cup, arguably the most prestigious of all the championships being contested, will be over 15 legs and will end in November in Kranj, Slovenia. As well as the winners of the individual disciplines – lead, bouldering and speed – being recognised, an overall winner is also given – albeit only climbers that compete in all three disciplines (lead, bouldering and speed) are included in the overall rankings. The 2014 overall World Cup winners were Sean McColl (Canada) for the men’s event and Charlotte Durif (France) for the women’s event. The highest placed GB athlete in the 2014 circuit was Shauna Coxsey who finished second in the World Cup Bouldering series.

A full schedule of the comps is below:

May 1^st – 3^rd 2015: European Youth Cup Leading – Domdim (Austria)

May 14^th – 16^th 2015: European Championship Bouldering – Innsbruck (Austria)

May 17^th 2015: IFSC World Cup Speed - Central Saanich (CAN)

May 30^th – 31^st, 2015: IFSC World Cup Bouldering - Toronto (CAN)

May 30^th – 31^st, 2015: European Youth Cup Leading – Imst (Austria)

June 5^th – 6^th, 2015: IFSC World Cup Bouldering - Vail (USA)

June 6^th, 2015: European Youth Cup, Leading – Tamow (Poland)

June 12^th – 14^th, 2015: European Youth Championship, Leading and Speed – Edinburgh (GB)

June 20^th – 21^st, 2015: IFSC World Cup Bouldering, Speed - Chongqing (CHN)

June 26th – 27th, 2015: IFSC World Cup Bouldering, Speed - Haiyang (CHN)

June 27^th – 28^th, 2015: Paraclimbing Cup, Leading – Imst (Austria)

July 4^th – 5^th, 2015: European Youth Cup, Bouldering – Laengenfeld (Austria)

July 10^th – 11^th, 2015: Paraclimbing Cup, Leading – Chamonix (France)

July 10^th – 12^th, 2015: IFSC World Cup Leading, Speed - Chamonix (FRA)

July 10^th – 12^th, 2015: European Championship Leading, Speed – Chamonix (France)

July 17th – 18th, 2015: IFSC World Cup Leading - Briançon (FRA)

July 21^st – 22^nd, 2015: European Youth Championship, Bouldering – L’Argentiere la Bessee (France)

July 31^st – August 1^st, 2015: IFSC World Cup Leading -Imst (AUT)

August 5^th – 9^th, 2015: European Universities Sport Climbing Championship – Kaatowice (Poland)

August 8^th – 9^th, 2015: European Youth Cup, Leading – Mitterdorf (Austria)

August 14^th – 15^th, 2015: IFSC World Cup Bouldering - München (GER)

August 21^st – 22^nd, 2015: IFSC World Cup Leading - Stavanger (NOR)

August 22^nd, 2015: European Youth Cup, Speed – Imst (Austria)

August 28^th – September 6^th, 2015: World Youth Championship – Arco (Italy)

September 25^th – 26^th, 2015: Master Event – Adidas Rockstars, Bouldering – Stuttgart (Germany)

September 26^th – 27^th, 2015: IFSC World Cup Leading - Puurs (BEL)

October 3^rd – 4^th, 2015: Paraclimbing Cup, Leading – Sheffield (GB)

October 10^th – 11^th, 2015: IFSC World Cup Leading, Speed - (KOR) Provisional

October 12^th – 16^th, 2015: Universities World Championships, Shanghai (China)

October 17^th – 18^th, 2015: IFSC World Cup Leading, Speed - Wujiang (CHN)

October 20^th – 25^th, 2015: IFSC World Youth Championships, Guangzhou (China)

November 14^th – 15^th, 2015: IFSC World Cup Leading - Kranj (SLO) Provisional

November 20^th – 22^nd, 2015: Asian Continental Championship – Ningbo (China)

December 3^rd – 6^th, 2015: Asian Youth Championship – Putrajaya (MAS)

This year once again, the IFSC Climbing competitions will be broadcasting live in both the IFSC YouTube channel and the official website, www.ifsc-climbing.org 

Click through here to go to the IFSC website for more details and to see the individual comp results as the season unfolds.