Record big IFSC competition season 2018

Based on the IFSC provisional calendar 2018 it seems there will be a record number of comps during 2018. In total the senior calendar includes seven Lead and Boulder World Cups plus the World Champion. For the juniors, there will be a total of ten Euro Youth Cups in Lead and Boulder, a World Champion and also Olympic Games. At the same time there are more comps then ever, they are spread out more meaning more travel. For the guys focusing on Tokyo 2020, the schedule is so hectic that it will almost not be possible to do all Boulder and Lead events, without loosing some valuable training time. Boulder 13/4 Meiringen - Switzerland 21/4 Moscow - Russia (Speed) 5/5 Chongqing - China (S) 12/5 Taian - China (S) 2/6 Tokyo - Japan 8/6 Vail - USA 18/8 Munich - Germany Lead 6/7 Villars - Switzerland (S) 12/7 Chamonix - France (S) 20/7 Briancon - France 27/7 Arco - Italy (S) 29/9 Kranj - Slovenia 20/10 Wujiang - China (S) 27/10 Xiamen - China (S) World Championships/Games 6-16/9 Innsbruck - Austria 7-19/7 Central Saanich - Canada: Youth 6-18/10 Buenos Aires - Argentina: Youth A