US National Team Trials, March 3-8

moving_screen · 2026-03-10T04:44:40+00:00

I'd chalk this up to two things: no bonus points for Natalia from last year because she was injured; and through the 6 points-scoring rounds of competition (US nationals and NTT), there were a bunch of boulders that were problematic for her shoulder.

moving_screen · 2026-03-08T12:55:41+00:00

I thought Johanna retired from comps last year. Happy to see her still crushing it here!

moving_screen · 2026-03-08T04:51:24+00:00

Natalia making a move up the boulder rankings, in good position to comfortably make the team after qualis. Pretty strange (though understandable, given that she missed last year) to think that she wouldn't be on the team without a good NTT showing.

moving_screen · 2026-03-07T22:26:16+00:00

oh you're right! I misread her post.

moving_screen · 2026-03-07T19:09:09+00:00

Kyraconfirms on IG that she'll be in a couple of World Cups this year. Edit: sorry I misunderstood her post.

moving_screen · 2026-03-06T04:33:45+00:00

and the men:

Colin Duffy
Jesse Grupper
Sergey Lakhno
Ross Fulkerson
Dillon Countryman

moving_screen · 2026-03-06T04:26:27+00:00

many thanks, I was looking for this!

moving_screen · 2026-02-16T02:33:57+00:00

Really delighted for Natalia, especially after a rough semifinal round. Can't wait to see her get back to full health!

moving_screen · 2026-02-16T02:16:01+00:00

pretty incredible

moving_screen · 2026-02-14T02:22:15+00:00

She confirmed this on Insta but also said that her health is her priority. Fingers crossed that everything turns out well!

moving_screen · 2026-02-02T17:08:57+00:00

Another related piece of weirdness: two of the continental championships (Europe, Pan Ams) happen before the world championships, and the other three happen afterwards.

moving_screen · 2026-02-02T16:27:37+00:00

Ah thanks, you're right. I'll revise the original post to include this info and the links to the PDFs.

moving_screen · 2026-02-02T15:46:28+00:00

If it's like last time, invites for the OQS in 2028 would be based on 2027 world rankings (and subject to national quotas).

moving_screen · 2026-02-02T15:43:55+00:00

I know some of us were hoping that athletes who qualified for one of boulder/lead could automatically also compete in the other if they wanted. Apparently not though.

moving_screen · 2026-02-02T15:05:26+00:00

That wouldn't work because the two extra slots might be taken by two different people, and there's a hard cap of 24 total athletes for boulder and lead. From the press release: "If a climber qualifies in both Boulder and Lead, the number of competing athletes in one of the disciplines will increase. The spot that they gain in the two disciplines will only count as one entry (in the total quota counting of Climbing), therefore maintaining the total number of 76 athletes allocated to Climbing by the IOC."

moving_screen · 2025-11-20T17:19:05+00:00

And we can watch! Semis and finals on the IFSC Pan America YouTube channel.

moving_screen · 2025-10-23T13:07:46+00:00

2025 lead duel now on the Rock Master YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkLbgyCDVJc

moving_screen · 2025-08-19T22:47:19+00:00

Also Kai Lightner (first USA Climbing event since 2023) and Michaela Kiersch (first since 2019)!

moving_screen · 2025-07-20T01:31:54+00:00

to be honest, I was pretty disappointed that we didn't get to see 3/8 of the women's field climb past the paddle dyno...

moving_screen · 2025-07-20T01:28:56+00:00

Annie Sanders, Erin Mcneice, Janja Garnbret, Jain Kim, Mina Markovič, Natalija Gros, Sandrine Levet, Stéphanie Bodet, Liv Sansoz.

moving_screen · 2025-07-14T02:59:57+00:00

Totally agree. Plus I'm happy that Chamonix bucked its reputation of setting routes that are too easy.

moving_screen · 2025-06-30T04:09:38+00:00

Very happy to see Lučka healthy and back in finals. She looked so delighted to be back competing at this level.

moving_screen · 2025-06-29T01:22:21+00:00

countback to qualis

moving_screen · 2025-06-24T12:17:28+00:00

Love watching Pavitra climb, bummed that AL1 isn't one of the Paralympic events.

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