News Flash: World Champions crowned in Saas-Fee

The UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships and World Youth Championships were held in Saas-Fee, Switzerland from 27-29 January.

A full report will be published on Monday 31 January.

Highlights of all finals can be found on the UIAA YouTube channel.

Photos from the event will be available on Flickr.

The newly-crowned World Champions are:

Lead, Men:
Louna Ladevant (France)

Lead, Women:
Petra Klingler (Switzerland), main photo

Speed, Men:
Mohsen Beheshti Rad (Iran)

Speed, Women:
Natalia Savitskaia (UIAA flag)

The full list of UIAA Ice Climbing World Youth Champions in lead and speed (U16, U19, U21) can be found here.

All photos: UIAA/Kaspar Kellerhals

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