1 September 2022

14 medals to JPN in Lead and Boulder in Dallas

Japan dominated the Youth World Championship in Dallas as they have done for several years in a row. In total, they got 3 golds, 7 silvers, and 4 bronzes. The runner-ups in the medal table were France with 2 golds and 2 silvers, and the USA with 2 golds and 1 bronze. Countries with relatively poor results were Germany with just three Top-8 positions, Austria with 2 and Spain with 1. Germany and Spain have had relatively poor results among youngsters for several years but for Austria, it was possibly the worst result ever in a YWCH. It should be mentioned that Oriane Bertone from France, Chaehyun Seo from Korea, and Ryo Nakagawa from Japan did not participate as their focus is the upcoming World Cups.

The best individual results got Sara Copar from Slovenia and Zento Murashita from Japan with one gold and one silver.

Here are old articles, Japan success story explained and Team spirit and playfullness keys for Japan domination.
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