The International Climbing Association IFSC lurches from scandal to scandal. The association has already been confronted with allegations of sexism twice. Is the IFSC finally drawing lessons from the matter? Why did the exact same incident occur a second time? We put these and other questions to the IFSC - and received an interesting answer.
Yesterday the final of the Lead World Championships took place in Moscow. The Austrian Jakob Schubert won the men's competition, and Seo Chaehyun from South Korea won the women's competition.
Last weekend, the bouldering world champions 2021 were crowned in the Russian capital Moscow. Natalia Grossman won in the women and Kokoro Fujii in the men. The Swiss Andrea Kümin took sixth place thanks to an excellent performance.
Only a few Olympic participants travel to the World Championships in Moscow. One of them is Jakob Schubert. In a personal report he talks about the time after the Olympics and his goals for the World Championships in Moscow.
The IFSC climbing championships will take place in Moscow from September 15 to 21, 2021. Climbing is done in the disciplines of speed, bouldering and lead. Here you can find information about the program and the live streams to follow the most important competitions.