Sports Bulletin Report
Torino (Italy): The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has unfolded the calendar of events for 2024, featuring nine World Cups, and three Paraclimbing World Cup stages, as the opening event will be a first for the IFSC World Cup Series, with the Chinese city of Shanghai organising the inaugural Boulder competition.
The first stop will be in Shanghai, scheduled from 16 to 19 May, while the second and conclusive event will be organised in Budapest, Hungary, kicking-off on 20 June and concluding on 23 June – the Olympic Day.
Spotlights will then move back to the IFSC World Cup Series 2024, with the event in Innsbruck, Austria, being the final chance for Olympians to compete in both Boulder and Lead at the same event. The lead up to Paris 2024 will be at its peak in July, when two French cities – Chamonix and Briançon – will organise the last two World Cups before the Olympic Games.
The Olympic Qualifier Series will award the final set of quota places for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 – surely the most anticipated event of the season – which will open on 26 July and close on 11 August. Sport Climbing competitions are scheduled from 5 to 10 August.
The second half of August, as usual, will see the yearly Youth World Championships take place in China. The exact dates and location will be communicated at a later stage.
Koper, Slovenia, and Prague, Czech Republic, are going to be the host cities of the two World Cup events organised in September, respectively in the Lead and Boulder disciplines.
Finally, for the first time ever, the closing event of the IFSC World Cup Series will see all six season trophies being awarded at the same time. The city of Seoul, South Korea, in fact, will host the ninth and conclusive stage of the Series, with competitions in all three disciplines taking place over a span of five days.
Schedule (IFSC World Cup Series 2024):
9 to 10 April, IFSC World Cup in Shanghai, China – Boulder;
12 to 14 April, IFSC World Cup in Wujiang, China – Lead, Speed;
3 to 5 May, IFSC World Cup in Salt Lake City, USA – Boulder, Speed;
26 to 30 June, IFSC World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria – Boulder, Lead;
12 to 14 July, IFSC World Cup in Chamonix, France – Lead, Speed;
17 to 19 July, IFSC World Cup in Briançon, France – Lead, Speed;
6 to 7 September, IFSC World Cup in Koper, Slovenia – Lead;
20 to 22 September, IFSC World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic – Boulder; and
2 to 6 October, IFSC World Cup in Seoul, South Korea – Boulder, Lead, Speed.
Coming from one of the most successful seasons in terms of engagement and popularity, the Paraclimbing World Cup Series 2024 will comprise of three events, scheduled in Salt Lake City, Innsbruck, and a still to-be-defined location in France.
Schedule (IFSC World Cup Series 2024):
IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup in Salt Lake City, USA – dates to be defined;
24 to 25 June, IFSC Paraclimbing world Cup in Innsbruck, Austria; and
IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup in France – dates and location to be defined.
