The 2012

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 17 locations.

Bouldering Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or Climbing wall, artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or Climbing harness, harnesses. While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers ...

competitions were held in 6 locations,

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in 9 locations, and

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in 6 locations. The season began on 13 April in

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, China and concluded on 18 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 on

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, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each event. The winners for bouldering were Rustam Gelmanov and Anna Stöhr, for lead Sachi Amma and Mina Markovič, 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 Alina Gaidamakina, and for combined

Jakob Schubert Jakob Schubert (born December 31, 1990) is an Austrian professional rock climber, specializing in competition climbing (lead and boulder), sport climbing, and bouldering. He is a four-time IFSC Climbing World Championships, World Champion (2012, ...

and Mina Markovič, men and women respectively.

Highlights of the season

In bouldering, at the World Cup in

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, Akiyo Noguchi of Japan flashed all boulders in the final round to take the win. In speed climbing, at the World Cup in

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, Evgenii Vaitcekhovskii of Russia set a new world record of 5.88 seconds in the semifinal against his teammate Sergey Abdrakhmanov's 5.98 seconds. At the end of the season, Russian athletes,

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

Overview

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