20 August 2023

Asia claims most of the Lead podium at the Youth World Championship

Japan, South Korea and Thailand won 14 out of 18 medals in Lead at the Youth World Championship in Seoul. As in previous years, Japan was the top-performing nation and took home 11 medals. (c) Dimitris Tosidis/IFSC

U20:
1. Hannes Van Duysen BEL - Sara Copar SLO
2. Neo Suzuki JPN - Tomona Takao JPN
3. Zento Murashita JPN - Sana Ogura JPN

U18:
1. Kibeom Kwon KOR - Meije Lerondel FRA
2. Shion Omata JPN - Chaeyeong Kim KOR
3. Auswin Aueareechit THA - Moka Mochizuki JPN

U16: (pictured)
1. Ryusei Hamada JPN - Natsumi Oda JPN
2. Hareru Nagamori JPN - Kohana Mugishima JPN
3. Ryota Toda JPN - Geila Macia Martin ESP
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