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The IFSC Bouldering World Cup is back in Europe for the 5th event of the season. We’ve crossed the midpoint and we have just 3 World Cups left. Innsbruck promises to be, once again, one of the best competitions of the year.

After 4 events, and with the Asian tour behind us, things are still up in the air. Only Shauna Coxsey has a clear advantage (79 points ahead of Le Neve) but the rest of the overall is pretty much as undecided as it was more than a month ago in Meiringen.

Innsbruck is always one of the most exciting comps of the year. The local crowd loves the sport and they know and cheer for every climber, but specially, of course, for the Austrian Team (many of its members live in Innsbruck).

This year they have a new venue, the OlympiaWorld, which looks pretty good and has capacity for 10 thousand people. It’s a bit sad to leave Marktplatz, which is right in the middle of the city and offers a really cool atmosphere, but it was simply a bit small for the kind of audiences that congregate in Innsbruck.

Participants

Judging by the starting list, Innsbruck is going to be the biggest event so far. Almost 200 climbers will take part and all the favorites will be there.

The young guns Janja Garnbret, Megan Mascarenas and Stasa Gejo will compete as will local super stars Anna Stöhr and Jakob Schubert.

You can check the entire starting list here.

Schedule

Innsbruck is in the UTC + 2 time zone.

20 May

10:00 – Male Qualifiers

16:00- Female Qualifiers

21 May

13:00 – Semifinals (live at ifsc-climbing.org)

20:15 – Finals (live at ifsc-climbing.org)

Route Setters

French legend Jacky Godoffe will be chief route setter. He will be assisted by Julian Gras and Reini Fichtinger as well as by the IFSC route setter aspirants Fatak Mousavi and Barbara Bacher.

More info