Final male Juniors Lead As night fell, at 17:40, the time came for the last act of the World Youth Championships in Arco. The last competition, the last world title still up for grabs.

Final male youth A Lead For the penultimate World Championship title the sky above Arco looked gloomy once again. The time had come for the male Youth A – Under 18 category. The audience,

Final female youth A lead The second Lead final of this Youth World Championship was the Under 18 Youth A. The route tackled the tower on the left, the same one used in the

Finals female youth B lead The weather was damp this morning for the first Lead final of these World Youth Championships, the Youth B – Under 16 category. But these 8 magnificent finalists certainly

Semifinals Lead Male Juniors The third and final Semifinal of the day is reserved for the Juniors. Awaiting them is the righthand side of the wall which, at first glance, looks complicated, difficult and

Semifinal Lead Male Youth A The Under 18 Youth A category climbed the righthand wall. The same one used by their female counterparts. Two parallel, yet different routes. But they have one thing in

Semifinals Lead Male Youth B It’s an important day for the Lead World Championships. After the committing two-day qualifiers – in total 451 athletes split into 3 categories competed in the opening round –

Day 7: Technically the seventh day should be the day of rest, but for many athletes taking part in these Youth World Championships at Arco today is a day when – after a week’s intense

Second day of Lead Qualifications. Sixth day of the Arco Youth World Championships. Right from the early hours of the morning the 451 pretenders to the 26 semifinal thrones (one for each of the

Sixth day of the Arco Youth World Championships. This starts with the second round of the Lead qualifiers. After the first route yesterday – and the first indications about who is a force to