Japan is the top performer at the BYWC once again!

Japan won three golds and a further four medals in the Boulder event at the Youth World Championship in Seoul. In Lead, they took eleven medals making them the best performing country at the YWC, for the second year in a row. Sara Copar (SLO) and Ryusei Hamada (JPN), who both won in Lead, earned silver in Boulder, giving them both the best overall individual results.

U20:
1. Junta Sekiguchi JPN - Selma Elhadj Mimoune FRA
2. Yannick Nagel GER - Sara Copar SLO
3. Hannes Van Duysen BEL - Iziar Martinez Almendros ESP


U18:
1. Ritsu Kayatoni JPN - Kaho Murakoshi JPN
2. Raito Kato JPN - Jennifer Buckley SLO
3. Thomas Lemagner FRA - Lily Abriat FRA


U16: (c) Dimitris Tosidis/IFSC
1. Hyunseung Noh KOR - Analise Van Hoang USA
2. Ryusei Hamada JPN - Geila Macia Mertin ESP
3. Hareru Nagamori JPN - Natsumi Oda JPN