09 May
WORLD CUP: GOLD FOR DAVID KAMMERER!LUCIA CAPOVILLA SILVER
Two medals in the paraclimb world cup: gold for David Kammerer, silver for Lucia Capovilla.
As per tradition now, the paraclimb closes the long week of competitions Salt Lake City. Due to the long journey that athletes must undertake, the trend of IFSC is to create as much continuity of competitions across the continents as possible, allowing climbers and staff to combine multiple competitions in a single trip. After the races bouldering And speedwhere Matteo Zurloni arrived at the foot of the podium, the paraclimb closed the long week of events. For this discipline, one of the latest born in the climbing world, public attention is growing rapidly, as is the level of athletes in competitions. Thanks to this growing trend, there is a very good chance that paraclimbing will land in paralympics Of Los Angeles 2028. The five-circle perspective is particularly tempting for Italy, a nation with an increasingly large pool of medal-winning athletes.
After the absolute domination of 2023, the year in which it seemed impregnable, Solene Piret (FRA) was put on the ropes by Lucia Capovilla, which in addition to winning the silver medal, came closer than ever before to the performances of the French alien. The heroine of the house Eleanor Rubin (USA) finished on the podium in the AU2 category. In RP2, Jasmin Plank (AUT) has set itself to Dina Eivik (NOR) ed Emily Seelenfreud (USA), while in RP3, the victory went to Nat Vorel (USA), followed by Marina Dias (BRA) e Smrekar is missing (SLO); comes close to the final Elisa Martinwho finishes fifth. Lucie Jarrige (FRA) won the AL2 category on Sarah Larcombe (AUS) e Morgan Loomis (USA). To conclude the women’s sector, in the B3 category, the victory went to Phoebe Barkan (USA), followed by Soneida Biendarra (USA) e Ivon Lawrence (GER).
The men’s sector starts with a bang thanks to David Kammererwhich conquers the first gold medal in his career, defeating the competition in AL2, overcoming Ethan Zilz (USA) e Shuhei Yuki (JPN). The legend Angelino Zeller (AUT) instead dominates the AL1 category, imposing itself on Tanner Cislaw (USA) e Markus Posendorfer (AUT). The Swiss Dominic Geisseler (SUI) beats the clock Liviu Matei (ROU) after a match played on details; third place for Shamus Boulianne (CAN). In the RP3 category, Tadashi Takano (JPN) conquers top and gold by shipping Luke Smith (GBR) e Igor Silva Mesquita (BRA) in second and third place. Ivan Munoz wins in the RP2 category, followed by Benjamin Mayforth (USA) e Philipp Hrozek (GER). The blue standard bearer of the RP1 Gian Matteo Ramini he finishes fifth, just outside the final won by the German train Korbinian Franck (GER); second place for Alois Potter (FRA) and third per Glen Todd (AUS). Germany also triumphs in AU2 with Kevin Bartke (GER), followed by Brian Zarzuela (USA) e Trevor Smith (USA). The Blind category is instead dominated by Japan, with Sho Aita (JPN) who wins in B1, preceding Francisco Aguilar Amoedo (ESP) e Razvan Nedu (ROU), and with Fumiya Hamanoue (JPN) in B3, which prevailed over Guillermo Pelegrin Gomez (ESP) e Andrew Martinez (USA).
Source and photo courtesy IFSC
Alessandro Palma
