Multiple climbers shared agreement in the comment sections. Also it appears that Hannes Van Duysen almost broke his legs coming back into the call zone because of unstable stairs

But, does World Climbing? Why are men and women on at the same time? And, why is the streaming budget apparently 27 euros?

Watchiing the semis now. There are 8 climbers on stage at once. And, the split screen usage is infrequent and often off point. But, many of the greatest climbers in the world are there giving it their all. C'mon organizers give them and us fans a little love! Hold men's and women's events at different times. Bring a little more capability and experience to bear on the split-screen coverage. Just rock this thing.

Here is the live discussion thread for Men and Women's finals at the World Climbing Europe Championship Barcelona, Spain!

Event Time: 16:00 CEST (UTC +2), Men then Women (see what time this event starts in other places)

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Here is the live discussion thread for Men and Women's Semi-finals at the World Climbing Europe Championship Barcelona, Spain!

Event Time: 10:00 CEST (UTC +2) (see what time this event starts in other places)

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Sharing since I know this topic has come up here a few times: if you haven’t seen yet, there is a vote coming up next week on July 23, 2026 amongst all National federations within World Climbing to decide on whether or not the Israeli team should be suspended, as well as a vote on the status of Russia and Belarus.

You can check out more information about it on https://www.banisraelfromworldclimbing.com – there are email templates as well if you are keen to contact your national climbing federation in advance of the vote.

World Climbing Europe Championship Barcelona 2026

Barcelona (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya outside of Barcelona) is hosting the Championships this year. The starting list is packed, it looks just like WCS (just without other continents)!

• Schedule + start lists (qualifications tomorrow and semis and finals on Sunday)
• Semi-Finals and Finals live on WC Europe YouTube

There are also two speed comps this weekend, the climbers split between European Speed Cup in Barcelona, which doesn't look like it will be streamed, and Bad Wimpfen Speed Open, which was streamed last year, that one is tomorrow.

I know that kneepads and elbow pads are not allowed in lead and boulder comps. For speed, the old IFSC rules (Rule 9.4, 2024 version) specifically mentioned that they are allowed. However, such an exception has been removed in the 2026 version. But I still saw Emma Hunt wearing kneepads the other day when she broke the world record. In addition to the competition rules, I also read the competition regulations , the equipment code and uniform code but couldn't find anything about kneepads. Am I missing something here? Does someone have a definite answer whether kneepads are still allowed? I asked because my daughter always wears kneepads in training for protection and I want to know whether she can wear them in comps. Thanks.

I'm so so happy that he's able to win the gold and overcome his struggle!

He said in his instagram post that he didn't qualify for the final event of the season due to their team selection rule.

How does the selection rule even work? It's quite mind-blowing that someone placed 4-8-14-7 in the first four comps didn't have good enough result for the final comp 🤯 Aren't these pretty decent results even within the Japanese team?

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I couldn't find previous discussions on the topic, so sorry if it's already been explained, but are athletes allowed to talk to each other in the isolation zone? So for example when they are in the waiting area and one climber is about to climb route 1 and another is about to climb route 2 (and already topped 1), can the second athlete share beta on route 1?

I think I read somewhere that they are not supposed to discuss beta after observation(?), but since they all sit together I wonder how it's being prevented.

Here is the live discussion thread for the Speed Finals at the WCS in Chamonix, France!

Event Time: 20:30 CEST (UTC +2) (see what time this event starts in other places)

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She hasn't been to any of the 2026 Lead World Cups since Wujiang and with Chamonix now ongoing, I'm once again surprised she isn't there.

She's obviously doing very well outside based on her recent Instagram posts so it doesn't seem to be an injury. She's said before her first love is outdoor climbing, so I'm guessing she's focusing on that this year, like Janja and Brooke did last year, because 2027 will be an important year ahead of the Olympics. But I haven't seen her say so anywhere, so I was wondering if I'd missed something.

Why Annie is not competing in the semi-finals?

Hello! Is there a way to see speed competition recordings from Europe for free? I found lead and boulder but not speed. Thank you!

Here is the live discussion thread for the Speed Finals at the WCS in Chamonix, France!

Event Time: 10:00 CEST (UTC +2) (see what time this event starts in other places)

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Here is the live discussion thread for the Speed Finals at the WCS in Chamonix, France!

Event Time: 21:00 CEST (UTC +2) (see what time this event starts in other places)

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Here is the live discussion thread for the Lead Qualifications at the WCS in Innsbruck, Austria!

Event Time: 8:00 CEST (UTC +2) (see what time this event starts in other places)

There is no official livestream. We're just checking the live results.

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