Japan’s Neo Suzuki was the best on a hard men’s route which caught out the final eight low on the wall.
Finishing the semis in third, Suzuki moved past all before him to set a high point of 33+, just below the head wall. That meant he was guaranteed a medal with South Korea’s Dohyun Lee and Italy’s Filip Schenk the only climbers to come.
Lee and Schenk however stumbled at the same point on the route moving past a clipping point at hold 23 before falling as they tried to rectify the mistake. Neither could, which meant Suzuki took gold.
After his win Suzuki said: “I’m so happy because I’ve been training really hard since Chamonix.
“The route was maybe my style, but it was very hard and kept getting harder and harder.”
The win for Suzuki was his third of the year after Wujiang and Innsbruck and extends his lead in the 2026 series overall going into the final Lead competition of the year in Santiago, Chile in late October.
Suzuki’s teammate Satone Yoshida was the second out in the final and eventually took silver for his first podium of the year reaching hold 30+, returning to a Lead podium he last visited at the World Championships Seoul in 2025.
Indonesia’s Putra Tri Ramadani took bronze on hold 28+ to continue his good form in 2026 which has given him his first gold, and Koper is his second successive third place finish showing great consistency in the European stage of the season.
Sam Avezou was fourth on hold 23+, clipping and reaching to the next hold that Lee and Schenk missed. With hold 23 scores, Schenk finished fifth and Lee was sixth.
Italy’s Giovanni Placci was seventh on hold 22 and first-time finalist Chanjin Jung was eighth also on hold 22. The South Korean Youth world champion made the final in his first outing in the World Climbing Series, so there is surely more to come from the young climber.
Full men’s results can be found here
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