Annie Sanders wins again
Annie Sanders continued her impressive 2026 campaign by winning in Chamonix, following finishes of first, first and second in the season's opening three Lead Woโ€ฆ
Alberto Ginรฉs Lรณpez wins first World Cup
Olympic champion Alberto Ginรฉs Lรณpez, who had previously recorded 11 Lead World Cup podium finishes, claimed his first gold medal in the discipline with victoryโ€ฆ
Yesterday, 8a published an article saying that IFSC had presented the wrong Combined results of the Youth World Championship which also involved one podium. It was based on the official results which now, 36 hours later, have been removed. It should also be mentioned that, just like during the World Championships in Paris, it took more than 48 hours for the Olympic combined sport results to be presented by the IFSC.

The Golden Ticket 8c+ by Michaela Kiersch
Michaela Kiersch reports on her Instagram account that she has done her third 8c+ in Red River Gorge, The Golden Ticket 8c+. "Hard Proudest accomp- lishment to date! Amazing climb, big moves, double dyno!! FFA" The former 9a route became famous after Ondra's onsight a few years ago. This was the third weekend during the last month where the full time student drove seven hours to the Red River Gorge. In the 8a ranking game, she is #3. (c) Andy Wickstrom

Jorg Verhoeven freeclimbs Dihedral Wall
Jorg Verhoeven has freeclimbed Dihedral Wall 8b+ in Yosemite after 5 days of effort. This is the second free ascent of this route. Tommy Caldwell, the first who freeclimbed it, commented that it has the hardest pitch in Yosemite apart from The Dawn Wall. This is the second freeclimbed bigwall for Jorg in Yosemite after his ascent of The Nose 8b last year. (c's) Jon Glassberg Jorg was accompanied by his partner Katharina Saurwein, who just before Jorg's ascent did her first hard MP by Final Frontier, a ten-pitch-long 8a. Both of them have been among the best competition climbers for the last ten years. Jorg won the Lead World Cup in 2008 and this year he was #3 in a Boulder WC and Katha won one Lead event and was second in a Bouldering WC in 2008. Last year she was #3 in Eiroe Bouldering Championship.

Ondra's fast and ambitious plan for The Dawn Wall
Adam Ondra shares his plan for the Dawn Wall and he will start pushing early on Monday morning, belayed by Pavel Blazek, who has never been on a MP before. They will be accompanied by the legend Heinz Zak taking pictures. "Tomorrow going for the push! First two days of heat and climbing the first 13 pitches, then one restday of rain and then perfect conditions for the crux pitches on day 4. Starting tomorrow at 3 AM to get done as many pitches as possible before the remorseless sun hits the wall." During the FA, Caldwell and Jorgesson managed to do the crux pitches after nine respectively 14 days.

Nine pitches done by Ondra on the Dawn Wall
Pavel Blazek reported on Instagram that at 5.13 AM, Adam Ondra was already up at pitch five. One hour later, they reported that seven pitches had been done and that the plan was to do another two pitches. Here are the grades for the first nine trad pitches: 7b, 7c+, 8a+, 7b, 7c, 8a+, 8b+, 8b, 8a+ You can find Ondra's report here. "First day, good day. 9 pitches in the bag after 6 hours of climbing. Conditions were not the best, but I could still reach the goal of the day. Now hopefully we will survive the heat on the portaledge and take a 28 hours of rest until we continue tomorrow, starting with pitch 10." 8b+, 8a+, 8c, 8a+ are coming up next and then Adam will rest one day continuing with the cruxes on day four; 9a, 9a and 8c+. After that there are still 16 more pitches to go, starting with an 8b+.