Following five events across Europe, the UIAA Ice Climbing Continental Tour comes to a conclusion on the weekend of 8-9 March with a second visit to the northeast of England.
The port city of Sunderland, located on the mouth of the River Wear, will welcome 88 athletes from 15 countries. Action will take place at the Sunderland Wall venue with both a senior competition and youth classifications for U20, U18 and 16 climbers. The event is organised by the British Mountaineering Council and the Scottish Drytooling Club.
Athletes from the following national federations have currently registered for the lead only event:
Canada (1), Czechia (2), Finland (4), France (5), Germany (1), Japan (1), Liechtenstein (9), Netherlands (4), Poland (10), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (6) and the United States (3).
The sizeable home team from the British Mountaineering Council counts 37 climbers.
Livestreaming will be available from the finals.
Semi-finals at 1000 GMT on Sunday 9 March can be viewed here.
Finals at 1615 GMT on Sunday 9 March can be viewed here.
Up for grabs are the final Continental medals of the season and the Continental Tour titles.
All six athletes on the overall Continental Tour podiums are competing in Sunderland with the two leaders – Japan’s Haruko Takeuchi and Switzerland’ Jonathan Arthur Brown, World Cup medallist in Edmonton last weekend, focused on taking the titles.
Current Continental Season (Europe) Leaderboard – After 4 European Rounds
Women:
Haruko Takeuchi, Japan, 306 points
Annick Teepe, Netherlands, 236
Aneta Louzecka, Czech Republic, 192.5
Men:
Jonathan Brown, Switzerland, 305 points
Mehdi Bouchet Bert Manoz, France 206.5
Jan Mondzelewski, Poland, 182.25
A reminder that the World Tour level events concluded last weekend with the final World Cup of the season in Edmonton.
Further Information
Sunderland event page
Sunderland athlete registrations
Photo credit: UIAA/Luke Briggs
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