2025 UIAA Cheongsong Ice Climbing World Cup and Asian Championships, held in Cheongsong from the 10th to the 12th
Jan 08, 2025
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The competition will be held with ice climbing leads and speed events. Ice climbing is a winter sport that climbs about 15 meters high on the ice wall using equipment such as Icevail and Eisen.
The competition is hosted by the Korean Alpine Federation, the International Mountain Federation (UIAA), and the Asian Mountain Federation (UAAA), organized by Cheongsong-gun and the Gyeongsangbuk-do Mountain Federation, and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the Korea Sports Council, and the National Sports Promotion Agency. In addition, Outdoor Research and North Face will participate as official sponsors.
On the 10th, the first day of the competition, player registration, technical meetings, and opening ceremonies will be held, and on the 11th, when the game begins in earnest, the men's and women's lead qualifiers and men's speed qualifiers and finals will be held. On the 12th, the last day of the competition, the men's and women's lead semifinals and finals will be held.
Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, is positioned as the center of the development of ice climbing, and with this competition, an agreement ceremony will be held with Cheongsong-gun to extend the Ice Climbing World Cup for five years from 2026 to 2030. 118 athletes from 18 countries around the world will participate in the competition, including 27 ice climbing players representing South Korea. In particular, top players such as Shin Un-sun, the world No. 1 women's lead player, and Lee Young-gun, the world No. 1 men's lead player, will participate.
The competition, which has been held in Cheongsong since 2011, is open to the general audience, as well as various side events and celebratory performances by singer Na Tae-joo. The live broadcast of the competition will be broadcast live on the YouTube channel of the Korean Mountain Federation and UIAA, and the lead final match on the 12th will be broadcasted later on KBS.
Meanwhile, on the 18th, a week after the end of the '2025 Cheongsong Ice Climbing World Cup', the '2025 Cheongsong National Ice Climbing Championship' will be held, and national players for the 2024-2025 season will be selected through this competition.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
