Saturday 8th July 2017, Lead Final at the IFSC Climbing Worldcup 2017 in Switzerland: gold medal for Romain Desgranges.
A week after taking the title of European champion, Romain Desgranges won the 1st stage of the Climbing World Cup this weekend in Villars-sur-Ollon.
Indeed, our Chamoniard athlete begun this 2017 season of the World Cup with gold, before the Slovak Domen Skofic who won the silver medal, and the Ukraine Fedir Samoilov who occupied the third place.
Check here all results of Men Lead
Rendez-vous this Wednesday in Chamonix for the 2nd stage
From 11th to 13th July, IFSC 2017 Chamonix Lead World Cup: the rematch between the world's best champions.
Big change this year, there will be no Speed Championship. Due to lack of resources, the competition had to be canceled.
However, the Difficulty Climbing Championship is well maintained and the public will appreciate the spectacle that the climbers will offer during two days and two nights facing the summit of the Alps.
The climbing wall is placed outside, on an artificial structure, at the foot of Mont-Blanc. A common will shared by the town of Chamonix and the organizers, so the public can admire the exceptional panorama that offers the Mont-Blanc chain
Come and admire the greatest champions and support our chamoniard Romain Desgranges!
Admission free at the 2017 Chamonix World Cup.
Schedule of the event:
Place du Mont-Blanc in Chamonix
- Tuesday 11th July
20:15: Opening ceremony (place du Mont-Blanc);
20:45: Films on mountains and climbing.
- Wednesday 12th July
10:00-15:00: Men & women qualification;
20:00-22:30: Men semi-final;
- Thursday 13th July
11:00-13:30: Women semi-final;
20:50-21:30: Men final;
21:50-22:30: Women final;
22:35: Awarding ceremony.
22:45: Fireworks.
