Japan dominates Lead qually in Dallas

On the first day of the Lead qualification in the Youth World Championship in Dallas, Japan dominated as they also did last year. In the oldest girls category, Natsuki Tanii was the only one to top out both routes. Runner-up on both routes was Nonoha Kume also from Japan. Results Girls U-20.

Among the oldest boys, Zento Murashita was #1, followed by Connor Herson from the USA and Junta Sekiguchi. Interestingly, Japan had four in the Top-8 and USA three. Results Boys U-20.

In the Girls U-18, Alex Totkova from Bulgaria won ahead of Sara Copar from Slovenia who got the gold in Boulder. Results Gilrs U-18