The 2010

IFSC Climbing World Cup The IFSC Climbing World Cup is a series of competition climbing events held during the year at various locations around the world, organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). At each event, the athletes compete in three d ...

was held in 15 locations.

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competitions were held in 7 locations,

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in 6 locations, and

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in 7 locations. The season began on 30 April in

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, Italy and concluded on 14 November in

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, Slovenia. The top 3 in each competition received medals, and the overall winners were awarded trophies. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon

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, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. The winners for bouldering were

Adam Ondra Adam Ondra (; born February 5, 1993) is a Czech professional rock climber, specializing in lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing. In 2013, ''Rock & Ice'' described Ondra as a prodigy and the leading climber of his generation. Ondr ...

and Akiyo Noguchi, for lead

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and Jain Kim, for speed

Stanislav Kokorin Stanislav Kokorin (; born 22 January 1990) is a Russian former competition speed climber. He took three overall titles in the IFSC World Cup, in 2010, 2012 and 2013, and won two silver and bronze medals each at the IFSC Climbing World Champions ...

and Yuliya Levochkina, and for combined

and Jain Kim, men and women respectively.

Highlights of the season

In bouldering,

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won 3 out of 7 bouldering World Cups and then the overall men's bouldering title of the season, making him the first climber to ever win the overall World Cup titles in lead (2009) and bouldering (2010). In speed climbing, at the end of the season, Russian athletes,

and Yuliya Levochkina clinched the overall titles of the season for men and women respectively, making it double speed titles for Russia.

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