Climbers Ready for the First Speed Competition of the Year
The weather is getting warmer and that means the start of the IFSC World Cup competition season. In just 10 days, the first IFSC World Cup 2015 will take place in Central Saanich, Canada, with Speed discipline in place. West Canada is ready to be the epicenter for the first Speed World Cup of the year and the best international climbers will meet on the Vancouver Island within the greater Victoria area. The season starts now…
The flowers are blooming and so the athletes’ enthusiasm to compete in the 2015 Speed World Cup in the province of British Columbia. Climbers will be back in business as of May 17th, to show how strong and prepared they are for the competition. In this occasion, Danyil Boldyrev, top-ranked for speed for men will try to defend his spot against Libor Hroza and Marcin Dzienski. While in the women’s field, of last season’s top-ranked podium, Mariia Krasavina, AIuliia Kaplina, Anouck Jaubert, will give their best to show who deserves to be the number one.
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In the last years, competition climbing has exploded in Canada. There are more and more climbing gyms being built all over the country and competition oriented programs are being structured and developed in schools and different institutions.
“The governance of the sport has also taken a major turn with the creation of provincial organizations, provincial competitions series and the establishment of Climbing Escalade Canada(CEC), a National Sport Organization that is seeking Sport Canada support”, says MariaIzquierdo, President of the CEC.
“CEC partners with Provincial Sport Organizations, gym owners and event organizers are willing to provide high quality international events sanctioned by the IFSC. The 2015 International climbing season will be launched in Canada with two major events: The Central Saanich Speed World cup May 16- 18 and the Toronto Boulder World cup on May 30-31. An opportunity to cheer the best athletes of the world!”adds Maria Izquierdo.
Stay Tuned!
Climbing fans that cannot attend any of the World Cup competitions will be able to watch the event live streaming on www.ifsc-climbing.org. Just like last season, all dates, rankings and all further information about the IFSC Climbing World Cup events can be found on the website. IFSC is also present on Twitter during the events, so reach out to them using the hashtag#IFSCwc!
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