World Climbing Championships is an annual competition held by the Eurasian Mountaineering and Climbing Association .
| Mountaineering World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Kind of sport | Mountaineering |
| Founded by | 2012 |
| Continent | International ( EAMA ) |
| Last champion | 2013 |
Competitions are held in various climbing classes: in the high-altitude class, in the technical and in the rock classes.
The World Climbing Championship is also held with the support of the Mountaineering and Climbing Federation of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine .
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History
From 1949 to 1991 in the USSR annually held mountaineering competitions in different classes. They were attended not only by Soviet teams, but also athletes from other countries. Since 1965, there were four main classes in the USSR:
- Technically challenging climbing class
- Traverse class
- Climbing Class
- High-altitude technical class
In the USSR, mountaineering was a popular sport that received state support.
With the collapse of the USSR and the Soviet republics gaining independence, mountaineering began to develop locally, mainly in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Competitions were held at national levels and rarely reached a large scale.
Only in 2012, mountaineering organizations of the CIS countries began to hold international mountaineering competitions again. The main initiator of the international championship was the Eurasian Mountaineering and Climbing Association, led by its President Eduard Myslowski [1]
High Climbing World Championship
The first World Climbing Championships in high-altitude class was held in 2012. Competitions in this class are held in absentia: they do not have one clear venue and a clear date, but are held throughout the whole year [2] . The panel of judges resolves the issue of awarding points based on ascents made by participating teams throughout the year. The board meeting is held in Almaty [3]
The main condition of the competition involves the team climbing the mountain, with a height of 6000 meters.
High Altitude World Cup Results
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| The team of the Kazakhstan Mountaineering Federation, for climbing August 12-20 to the top of Khan Tengri, in the center of the North Wall. Category 6B | The team of the Mountaineering and Climbing Federation of Ukraine, for the climb on August 11-16 to the top of Khan Tengri, on the southwestern slope and the left side of the southwest ridge. Category 5B | The team of the Russian Mountaineering Federation, for climbing August 31 - September 2 to Lenin Peak, on the southwest edge of the western ridge. Category 5A, ascent |
Technical Mountaineering World Championship
The first World Climbing Championship in the technical class was held in 2012 in Tajikistan at the Zamin-Karor massif . It was attended by teams from Russia, from Ukraine, from Belarus, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Croatia and Latvia.
The championship is held in the region of mountain peaks (from 4000 to 6000 meters).
Rock Climbing World Championship
In 2012, the Rock Climbing World Championship was also held for the first time. It was attended by 5 countries.
In 2013, 13 countries submitted applications for participation in the competitions, but due to technical and financial difficulties, not all teams reached the venue of the championship. Thus, the championship was held with the participation of 9 countries - Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria and Spain, which were represented by climbers of two autonomies - Catalonia and Basque country [4] . Applications were also filed by teams from Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
In total, 21 teams participated in the competition - 7 women and 14 men. Russia and Ukraine were represented by several female and male climbing ligaments.
Rock World Championship Results
Men's ligaments
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crimea ( Laspi ) | Team βUkraine-2β (Alexander Zakolodny and Anatoly Ochenash) | Team βUkraine-1β (Evgeny Poltavets and Evgeny Timko) | The Republic of Moldova team (Michael and Ruslan Scherbatiuk) | |
| Crimea , Beregovoe (Yalta City Council) | Team βUkraine-1β (Alexander Zakolodny and Anatoly Ochenash) | Team βRussia-2β (Igor Loginov and Alexander Zhigalov) | Team βRussia-1β (Pavel Vlasenko and Victor Tsygankov) |
Female ligaments
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crimea ( Laspi ) | Team βRussia-5β (Alena Andreeva and Julia Terentyeva) | Team βRussia-4β (Irina Bakaleinikova and Polina Galatsevich) | Team βUkraine-4β (Oksana Revchuk and Anna Yasinskaya) | |
| Crimea , Beregovoe (Yalta City Council) | Team βRussia-1β (Irina Bakaleinikova and Alena Andreeva) | Team βRussia-2β (Maria Smelovskaya and Galina Kukhareva) | Team βUkraine-1β (Oksana Revchuk and Anna Yasinskaya) |
Gallery
- Nikolai Zakharov and Valery Balezin at the organizational discussion of the championship
- Russian mountaineering team
- Team from Kazakhstan before climbing
- Climbers on the rock
- Climbers from Russia check equipment
See also
- Mountaineering