The IFSC Management Committee has approved the official list of athletes qualified for the World Games 2009

The names of the top 48 athletes who will participate in the World Games 2009, taking place in Kaoshiung during the next summer, are now official. For each of the two disciplines that will represent Sport Climbing, 24 athletes – 12 male and 12 female – have been selected on the basis of the rankings of the past season in the most important competitions.

Speed Women

Speed Men

Women Lead

Men Lead

World Games

Citius, Altius, Fortius – faster, higher, stronger – is the motto of the World Games, the International Sport event held under the patronage of the IOC. The motto very well resumes the three disciplines of Sport Climbing: Speed, Lead, and Boulder.

Sport Climbing will be present in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, with Lead and Speed. The climbing events will take place on July 18th and 19th, 2009.

The climbers who are going to compete in the World Games are the representatives of the excellence of the sport, and have been selected through the most important sport climbing competitions, such as World Cups and Continental Championships.