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← Zur aktuellen AusgabeSchubert tops Chamonix lead, youth climbing dominates nationals
Chamonix Lead Results
Austria's Jakob Schubert just locked down the lead title.
Schubert topped both qualification routes at the World Climbing Series in Chamonix, standing alone atop the men's rankings heading into Sunday's final [Quelle: IFSC]. On the women's side, South Korea's Chaehyun Seo and USA's Annie Sanders both topped both routes, sharing first place and setting up a fierce semifinal showdown. Finals go live Sunday evening, with semifinals at 10:00 and the medal round at 20:30 UTC+2.
Watch for Chile's Joaquin Urrutia—first semifinal berth marks a breakout moment.
Team Texas Takes Youth Nationals
Team Texas just benchmarked American youth climbing.
The squad placed second overall at USA Climbing Youth Nationals while sweeping speed with gold from Evie Albrecht (women's under-17) and Lucas Vales (men's under-20), plus a national championship lead title from Bryce Nix (MU20) and silver from Madi Walsh (FU20) [Quelle: Team Texas]. The breadth—speed, lead, and boulder competence across one team—signals how completely youth climbing has moved past single-discipline silos into full-contact athletic maturity. Months of integrated coaching paid off in results.
This is the talent pipeline that feeds elite fields in two to three years.
Weekend Speed Finals Locking In
Speed climbing's fastest are battling tonight in Chamonix.
Following the momentum Emma Hunt built at Kraków—where she shattered the women's record at 5.99 seconds—the speed circuit returns on steeper lead terrain this weekend [Quelle: World Climbing]. China's Long Jianguo topped the men's speed qualifications, with Zhao Yicheng and USA's Samuel Watson close behind. The medal races run tonight and will measure who capitalized on preparation time since Kraków's breakthrough moment.
Hunt's sub-6 barrier is now the standard every contender is chasing.
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