From April 13 to 14, the two-day 2012 IFSC Climbing World Cup stop was grandly held at the Administrative Center Plaza in Dadukou District, Chongqing, China. After two days of intense competition, the event crowned champions in four categories: men's and women's bouldering, and men's and women's speed climbing. Austria’s Schubert Jakob and Japan’s Akiyo Noguchi won the men’s and women’s bouldering titles respectively, while the men’s and women’s speed climbing championships went to Russia’s Timofeev Dmitrii and Gaydamakina Alina. The Russian team swept both speed climbing gold medals, making them the biggest winners of this World Cup climbing event. Chinese athletes delivered a modest performance, with only the world record holder in men’s speed climbing, Zhong Qixin, securing third place in the speed event.
The speed climbing competition was truly a display of “climbing walls with ease.”
It is reported that in the month leading up to the event, the organizers opened the climbing wall to the public, attracting over 5,000 participants to experience the sport, which played a positive role in promoting the popularization of climbing.