At the second IFSC Lead World Cup of the 2025 season in Bali, gold went not to Sorato Anraku again, but to his compatriot Satone Yoshida. In the women's race, Erin McNeice and Chaehyun Seo again topped the final, but this time the British rider won due to her better qualifying round.
The second Lead and Speed ​​World Cup of the season took place in Bali from May 2nd to 4th. As in Wujiang, Chaehyun Seo and Erin McNeice A neck-and-neck race with top finishes in the semifinals and final. However, it was already clear since qualifying that there wouldn't be a double gold medal this time, where McNeice had the better round.
Just one week after her first World Cup gold, the British Olympic athlete won her first gold medal in Bali, followed by Seo in second place.
Ai Mori, which was the first Indonesian IFSC-Event, also topped the final, but after the time had run out – and thus starts the season with bronze.
Anraku misses final ticket, Flohé just misses podium
In the men's competition, in addition to the usual strong presence of the Japanese national team, there was also an unexpected twist: Due to an early fall in the semi-final, the winner of Wujiang and Keqiao, Sorato Anraku, his ticket for the final and surprisingly ended his perfect run in 16th place.
Instead, his compatriot Satone Yoshida for the first time, claim the gold medal – not with a top, but with one move more than Max BertoneThe young Frenchman finished second ahead of Olympic champion Alberto Gines Lopez, who had also won bronze the previous weekend in Wujiang.
Yannick Flohe, which, as in Wujiang He narrowly advanced to the finals in 8th place, but this time he even briefly climbed to third place. However, he was edged out at the last minute by Satone Yoshida, whose high point relegated Alberto Ginés López from second to third place and Flohé to fourth place. Flohé is fully focused on leading this season and has a 4 percent final finish rate so far.
Next World Cups in Brazil, Czech Republic and Switzerland
The World Cup in Bali marks the end of the series of lead events for the time being, before the end of June in Innsbruck a combination of bouldering and lead. Until then, several IFSC Bouldering World Cups will be held – the next one from May 16 to 18 in Curitiba, Brazil, followed by stops in Prague and Bern Beginning of June.
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