2 September 2022

Mori and Yurikusa won the qually in Koper

Ai Mori from Japan was the only female who topped out the first qualification route in the Lead World Cup in Koper. Overall, she was first ranked ahead of Janja Garnbret, who was the only one to top out the second route. Chaehyun Seo from Korea was #3. Complete results.

Among the male, Ao Yurikusa won overall being the only one topping the first route and runner-up was Sascha Lehmann from Switzerland, being the only one to top out the second route. Alberto Gines Lopez from Spain was #3. The big sensation was that Jesse Grupper, who is #2 in the WC ranking was #29 and did not make it to the semi. Complete results.

The semifinal starts at 20.00 and is available via Discovery +.
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