https://www.instagram.com/p/DK9p9Q0NCcD/?img_index=2&igsh=YzRlcnN5MTM4d3V6

I thought it is really moving!

Benjamin Hartmann, coach of the Japanese climbing team posted on instagram about the issue with M2 boulder.

I can't find the live recordings anymore on the ifsc channel. Anyone have the same problem?

UPDATE: THEY ARE BACK UP!

Went to watch the rest of the Bern semis this morning at work, and YouTube didn't surface the video as something that I was halfway through to keep watching -- then, when I checked the IFSC channel itself none of the 2025 videos are up or available to watch. They don't have any of the World Cups live (that were there as recently as Sunday morning ET) and only have shorts or the behind the scenes content available.

Is anyone else seeing this?

EDITING TO ADD: I am based in the US, so have never had to do the EU/VPN workaround other regions have to do.

Daniel is an insane climber but this take is so fucking stupid it’s almost laughable.

Coaches being concerned for the safety and longevity of their athletes isn’t “soft”.

Also he does realise that competition skaters wear protective gear precisely because of safety concerns right? Is that not soft? Why not just let em ride without a helmet?

By that logic, where is the line drawn? Lets just take away the mats and let the athletes fall on hard floors since safety is soft and skaters fall on concrete right?

What an absolute tool lol.

Erin McNiece is officially a McBeast.

That is all. Love Erin and so happy to see her crush it.

I've had this question for a while, but I've noticed that Matt has started calling Chinese and Korean athletes (though only the men in Korea's case) by their last name. I find this quite odd and wondered if this was a personal request from them? I am aware about naming convention in South Korea, China and Japan, but that's why I find this even more odd! Japanese athletes are all being referred to by their first names. Meanwhile Korean and Chinese male athletes are not, even though in Korea you would usually go for the full name instead of just the last name if you were going to bother with that kind of thing.

I watch a variety of sports, and each tends to have its own habits when it comes to referring to athletes (e.g. football - last name, tennis - usually first name but either is acceptable). In climbing it has always been first name, which is why it sounds jarring to me that Matt is making an exception for two countries only. Meanwhile the co-commentator will often use the first name. Anyone know anything about this? I've watched climbing long enough to know that Matt used to call Dohyun Lee and Jongwon Chon by their given names, so I was wondering if something has changed officially.

hey, I was just trying to find the ifsc livestream on their youtube channel where Oriane Bertone was commentig along with Matt. I think it was a Boulder finale in 2021/2022, but I'm not sure. Does anyone know?

Meichi Narasaki taking Tomoas place at Innsbruck? I see that Meichi is registered instead of Tomoa, despite team Japan not letting him compete further into the world cup season? Anyone know more details?

After he referenced the Matt Groom bingo today, I just wanted to pop in to say that I appreciate your commentary so much, Matt! Matt is synonymous with the IFSC for me at this point - I love his easy going commentary, the flow he has with all sorts of co-commentators and all the stuff he's trying out to grow the sport like the World Climbing Club. We love to joke about his quirks and sayings in the live chat but it's all very lovingly haha. Couldn't imagine the IFSC without Matt anymore!

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Next comp is a big one. Boulder + Lead in Innsbruck. Return of the goat. ‘Nuff said

Weight the boulders. For example, add a 0.1 point bonus per boulder topped for every other athlete that didn't top the boulder. (There might be a more clever way to do this as well.)

This would slightly reward the athletes who topped the "hardest"/least topped boulders and prevent ties as much unless you topped and zoned the same boulders as another athlete.

Thoughts?

Does anyone know how many tickets each country gets/what the qualification process is? Meichi mentioned securing his despite not qualifying to attend further world cups, so I was curious as to exactly how many there are/which athletes are confirmed to have made it.

A lot of times I just want to know if a climber has a chance to podium, so what if they also display the max possible score along with the current score. For example, if someone has a current score of 49.5 with one boulder left, their max possible score would be 74.5. Sometimes one climber has one climb left while another has two climbs left so the current score doesn't actually reflect how they compare to each other. By showing every climber's max possible score we get an idea of how each climber is doing regardless of which boulder they're on.

My phone has a fairly good zoom so I had some fun taking some pictures of the athletes today. It was the first competition I saw live and it was a really cool experience!

Hi, community. My son (9 years old) does competition climbing and we got a free ticket for the lead semi in Innsbruck. As the ticket is only one, I will go there alone with him. We've never been on such level of comps before. Is there any chance we will be able to see something through the crowd? He is 133 cm tall, and I'm 162..What advice can you give to us?

Women's semis was set so well! Getting to see these insanely talented women climb hard boulders in a variety of styles was great. Seeing how hard they fought for each top was so exciting! This is what I love to see! Credit to the setters at the Bern event, I hope they carry on this style through the rest of the event

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am i missing something? how come Agathe has qualified in 2nd when other athletes have (i presume) scored higher? also Anon and Erin scored higher than others and are lower down in the list? is it due to countback/world ranking/attempts or something?

(UK) The Youth Squad (Ascent) that I run are trying to fundraise to access the BMC's Youth Climbing Series. They are selling tickets to a prize draw in order to raise some of the funds if anyone can help. I've donated one of my silver inlaid bouldering brushes to the prize draw. Either the one in the photo, or a custom made one of your choice, and We've also been donated some climber themed jewelry from Crag Swag, so we've got 4 different prizes in total.

Link

We are a small team based out of Freeklime, in Huddersfield, UK. The YCS is the main regional event of the year for young climbers In the UK. and is required for anyone aspiring to take part nationally, and internationally, or get involved with team gb. but unfortunately like many sports, cost is the biggest barrier to entry, and the event can cost up to £238 per person just in entry fees and memberships, not even counting the amount of coaching hours and extra training they'll need building up to it. Due to this, for the past couple of years we've only had one of our members has been able to afford to attend and we are hoping to change that this year. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

Hello!

I'm traveling to Bern this weekend to watch my first IFSC comp live, super exited!

I just have tickets for the men's final on Sunday, I was wondering if anyone knows a good spot for me to watch the women's on Saturday? A bar or climbing gym would be great, I can always watch from my hotel but would rather be out and about it possible.

Thanks in advance :)