Hamada gets second gold at Youth Worlds

Ryusei Hamada, the standout winner of the Boulder event at the Youth World Championships in Finland, continued his dominance by winning all three rounds in Lead as well. The other champions were Manato Korashiki, also from Japan; Geila Marcia Martin of Spain, who had previously claimed silver in Boulder; and Rafael Kazbekova of Ukraine, the younger sister of Jenya Kazbekova, who won gold 15 years ago. Team Japan once again emerged as the top-performing nation, continuing their long-standing dominance—particularly in the boys’ categories, where Asian climbers excelled overall. Notably, the USA, Austria and Italy each had only two finalists, while Germany had just one, compared to Japan’s 20. Full results here.