The World Cup of sport climbing and lead was held in England, and the women's event was won by 18-year-old Akisai Mori, who won the World Cup for the first time in the previous competition, for the second time in a row.
Sport climbing "Lead" is an event that competes for the height of climbing a wall, and at the Paris Olympics, it will be carried out as one of the "Combined" events that compete for the overall results of the two events combined with "Bouldering".
The sixth round of the World Cup this season was held on the 11th in Edinburgh, Scotland, northern England, where eight men and eight men competed in the final, and before the start, a moment of silence was offered to Queen Elizabeth of England, who died on the 8th of this month. .
In the women's final where three Japanese competitors advanced, Ms. Mori raised the altitude with a light climb that made the most of her unique flexibility.
Mori made use of her fingers to break through the point where she was forced to take a difficult position in the final stages, and climbed the wall to the end.
Janja Gambret of Slovenia, who has won four World Cup titles for Reed this season, also completed the climb, but Mori, who had the highest semi-final results, won.
Mori has won two tournaments in a row this season, following the fifth round in Slovenia on the 3rd of this month, which was her first World Cup appearance and first victory.
As for the other Japanese players, 18-year-old Natsuki Tanii came in 4th and Ru Nakagawa in 7th.
On the other hand, two Japanese men advanced to the final, with Sumihiro Higuchi finishing fifth and Yoshiyuki Ogata finishing eighth.
The winner was American Jesse Grouper.