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ALL THE JOY! 🤩

Lucia Capovilla 🇮🇹 claimed her second consecutive Para Climbing Series gold in Laval after a superb climb in the final round!

🧵 Every podium on day 1 at the World Climbing Para Series Laval 2026, a thread.

Women’s Lead AL2:

🥇 Lucie Jarrige 🇫🇷
🥈 Cail Soria 🇺🇸
🥉 Joanna Newton 🇬🇧

Women’s Lead B3:

🥇 Elsa Boutel Menard 🇫🇷 guided by Victor Matile
🥈 Daphné GUIGUEN 🇫🇷 guided by Luthiel Dufour
🥉 Ionela DRAGAN 🇷🇴 guided by Florin Iordanescu

Women’s Lead AU2:

🥇 Lucia Capovilla 🇮🇹
🥈 Siloë Tetaz 🇫🇷
🥉 Maureen Beck 🇺🇸

Women’s Lead AU3:

🥇 Wanying Morningstar 🇺🇸
🥈 Rosalie Schaupert 🇩🇪
🥉 Oriane Ilpide 🇫🇷

Men’s Lead AL2:

🥇 Rubén Roldán Bustos 🇪🇸
🥈 Sebastian Menze 🇳🇴
🥉 Lee Shaffer 🇺🇸

Men’s Lead AU3:

🥇 Dominic Geisseler 🇨🇭
🥈 Mor Michael Sapir 🇮🇱
🥉 Guillermo Gouric 🇦🇷

Men’s Lead RP3:

🥇 Antoine Keodara 🇫🇷
🥈 Kazuhiko Yamash*ta 🇯🇵
🥉 Camille Caulier 🇧🇪

BACK IN THE GAME! 💪

Liv Wikman Gandre 🇸🇪 made her return to international competition in Laval, marking her first appearance since Innsbruck 2025 after recovering from a wrist injury.

She finished 12th on her comeback 📊

After taking silver in Salt Lake City and placing sixth in Innsbruck, Dutch RP3 athlete Jamie Barendrecht 🇳🇱 is ready to return to the wall in Laval: “The level in RP3 has become incredibly high. We now have athletes who can onsight around 8a+ or even 8b, which is simply impossible for me personally because of my impairment and because I don't have that kind of strength. So the athletic level is really impressive. The kids are coming and taking over! And that's a good development!”

Read the full interview 👉 https://wclmb.hopp.to/lav26ppv

As the next World Climbing Para Series event fast approaches in Laval 🇫🇷on 28-29 September, we look back to the start of the season in Salt Lake City 🇺🇸 when the travelling Sport Climbing Australia team 🇦🇺 gave an insight into what it's really like at competitions far from home

📺 Watch the video now: https://youtu.be/qufj06nQHDw

As the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 🇸🇳 approach, join an important webinar about clean sport and anti-doping. This session, led by athletes who know what it takes to compete at a high level, is made for young athletes and their support personnel.

Registrations are open 👉 https://wclmb.hopp.to/ita26aug

Want to know more about the effervescent Erik Noya?

Read our latest ‘Conversation with…’ story about the boy from Spain 🇪🇸 / Venezuela 🇻🇪 now on the World Climbing website or visit the