Jakarta – Indonesian speed climber Veddriq Leonardo declared the gold medal at the 2023 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday.
01 seconds, beating Chinese climber Jinbao Long who published a time of 5.
Earlier the same day, Leonardo had actually set a new world record of 4.98 seconds in the qualifying round. He broke the previous record of 5.00 seconds set by his compatriot Kiromal Katibin at the 2022 IFSC World Cup in Chamonix, France.
He bested his world record again in the future Friday with a 4.90- second run in the quarter-final round.
Leonardo’s compatriot and previous world record holder, Katibin, failed to enter the final round after he ended up 32 nd in the certifying round with a time of 5.71 seconds.
Xinshang Wang of China took the bronze medal in the men’s speed category with a time of 5.11 seconds.
Another Indonesian climber, Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi, won the bronze medal in the ladies’s speed category after she finished in 6.60 seconds.
Head of the Indonesia Climbing Federation (FPTI), Yenny Wahid, said that the results in Seoul will encourage professional athletes to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
” Definitely (will increase inspiration for the Paris Olympics). We always highlight that these occasions are part of the process towards the Olympics,” she informed ANTARA
Polish speed climber and two-time ladies’s speed climbing world champion, Aleksandra Miroslaw, won the gold medal and set a new world record with a time of 6.
The silver medal in the women’s speed category was protected by another Polish climber, Natalia Kalucka, with a time of 6.67 seconds.
The 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul is being held from April 28–30, and is being gotten involved by 287 athletes.
Indonesia has sent out 9 professional athletes– 6 guys and 3 ladies– to complete in the speed classification of the World Cup series in Seoul.
The certification duration for Paris 2024 for sport climbing will begin in August 2023 at the IFSC Climbing World Championships in Bern, Switzerland.
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