The 2016
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 16 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 ...
,
lead
Lead () is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol Pb (from Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a Heavy metal (elements), heavy metal that is density, denser than most common materials. Lead is Mohs scale, soft and Ductility, malleabl ...
and
speed
In kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a non-negative scalar quantity. Intro ...
competitions were held in 7 locations. The season began on 15 April in
Meiringen
Meiringen () is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Besides the village of Meiringen, the municipality includes the settlements of Balm, Brünigen, Eisenbolgen, Hausen, Prasti, ...
, Switzerland and concluded on 27 November in
Kranj
Kranj (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, fourth-largest city in Slovenia and the largest urban center of the traditional region of Upper Carniola (northwestern Slovenia) and the Slovene Alps. It is located approximately northwest o ...
, 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
points
A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to:
Mathematics
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, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.
The winners for bouldering were
Tomoa Narasaki
is a Japanese professional rock climber who specializes in bouldering and competition bouldering.
Early life
Narasaki started climbing at age 10, together with Sachi Amma, in Sachi's family climbing gym. Previously, he had been training appara ...
and
Shauna Coxsey
Shauna Coxsey (born 27 January 1993) is an English professional rock climber. She is the most successful competition climber in the UK, having won the IFSC Bouldering World Cup Season in both 2016 and 2017. She retired from competition after ...
, for lead
Domen Škofic and
Janja Garnbret, and for speed
Marcin Dzieński and
Iuliia Kaplina, men and women respectively.
Highlights of the season
In lead climbing, Slovenian athletes,
Domen Škofic and
Janja Garnbret clinched the overall titles of the season for men and women respectively, making it double lead titles for
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
.
France was the only nation in the top three National Team Ranking in all disciplines, ranked second in all.
Overview
Bouldering
An overall ranking was determined based upon
points
A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to:
Mathematics
* Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topologica ...
, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.
Men
6 best competition results were counted ''(not counting points in brackets)'' for IFSC Climbing World Cup 2016.
Women
6 best competition results were counted ''(not counting points in brackets)'' for IFSC Climbing World Cup 2016.
National Teams
For National Team Ranking, 3 best results per competition and category were counted ''(not counting results in brackets)''.
''Country names as used by the IFSC''
Lead
An overall ranking was determined based upon
points
A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to:
Mathematics
* Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topologica ...
, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.
Men
6 best competition results were counted (not counting results in parentheses) for IFSC Climbing Worldcup 2016.
Women
6 best competition results were counted (not counting results in parentheses) for IFSC Climbing Worldcup 2016.
National Teams
For National Team Ranking, 3 best results per competition and category were counted (not counting results in parentheses).
Speed
An overall ranking was determined based upon
points
A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to:
Mathematics
* Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topologica ...
, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.
Men
6 best competition results were counted ''(not counting points in brackets)''.
Women
6 best competition results were counted ''(not counting points in brackets)''.
National Teams
For National Team Ranking, 3 best results per competition and category were counted ''(not counting results in brackets)''.
Combined
5 best competition results were counted. Participation in at least 2 disciplines was required.
Men
The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Combined World Cup 2016:
Women
The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Combined World Cup 2016:
References
External links
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IFSC Climbing World Cup
2016 in sport climbing