Sports Bulletin Report
Salt Lake City (USA):- Narasaki Tomoa from Japan in the men’s Boulder event, and Veddriq Leonardo of Indonesia in the men’s Speed fixture earned the gold medals on the fourth leg of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup Series 2023 concluded tonight in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America (USA).
Men’s Boulder Event:
A spectacular, high-scoring Boulder round amused the crowd that gathered at Pioneer Park on a hot and sunny afternoon. Japanese duo Narasaki Tomoa and Anraku Sorato battled all along the men’s Boulder final, both finishing with four tops, but being separated by a different number of attempts. Indeed, Narasaki flashed both problems number one and four, eventually winning gold with six attempts to top. Competing in his first Boulder final round, Sorato won silver with 12 attempts to top.
Also participating in his first Boulder final, Great Britain’s Toby Roberts took bronze with a brilliant performance, only failing to solve the first slab problem, and concluding with three tops, four zones and the bronze medal around his neck. “I am very satisfied with my first gold medal coming in Salt Lake City, and I would like to thank the audience for the amazing support,” said Narasaki.
Men’s Speed Event:
The fourth and conclusive act of the event was the men’s Speed final, which sealed an exciting week of Paraclimbing and Climbing in Salt Lake City. In the gold medal race, Indonesia’s Veddriq Leonardo signed the fastest time of the round-4.95 seconds. besting China’s Wu Peng, who slipped in the first part of the climb and took silver with 6.99.
Leonardo’s teammate Kiromal Katibin overcame a foot injury that occurred early in the knockout round and pocketed the bronze medal. The former world record holder stopped the clock at 4.98, winning the race against crowd favourite Samuel Watson, who ended up in fourth position with 5.98.
Leonardo said: “I am very happy and very grateful, because it is my third gold medal here in Salt Lake City. I hope that the next World Cup events can be successful too.”
The IFSC World Cup Series 2023 will now move to Europe, where a busy couple of months will bring the best climbers and paraclimbers in the world to compete in Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and France.
