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World Climbing Series Chongqing

Sep 18–20, 2026 Chongqing, China Speed World Climbing Series Completed

Ryo Omasa won the men's final in 4.78, ahead of Leander Carmanns and Zhao Yicheng赵一程Zhào Yīchéng, and goes to the Santiago finale on top of the series standings. Zhao ran 4.67 in his semi-final, the fastest time of the event, but 5.28 in the final.

Watson went out in the round of 16 in 5.26, behind Huang Jingjie and Hammer, and finished 17th. Hammer went out in the quarter-final.

Emma Hunt won the women's event in 6.13, ahead of Zhang Shaoqin张少琴Zhāng Shàoqín and Giulia Randi, and leads the women's series standings into Santiago.

In the men's relay, Watson and Hammer ran 9.587 in the semi-final, level at hundredths with China's week-old 9.588 world record, then false-started in the final. Ukraine's Hryhorii Ilchyshyn and Yaroslav Tkach won in a European record 10.03. China won the women's and mixed relays.

Results

The podium.

Mixed relay

World Climbing Series Chongqing (Men's Speed Relay)

Sep 20, 2026

Men's Relay

1Ukraine (Hryhorii Ilchyshyn & Yaroslav Tkach)Ukraine10.03 (ER)
2United States (Samuel Watson & Zach Hammer)United Statesfalse start
3China (Long Jinbao & Huang Jingjie)China10.11

Watson and Hammer ran 9.587s in the semi-final, level with China's world record at hundredths and scored as a Pan American record, then false-started in the final.

Ukraine won in a European record 10.03s.

World Climbing Series Chongqing (Women's Speed Relay)

Sep 20, 2026

Women's Relay

1China (Fan Jingyue & Zhang Shaoqin)China12.97
2Indonesia (Adi Asih Kadek & Rajiah Sallsabillah)Indonesia15.30
3Italy (Giulia Randi & Beatrice Colli)Italy13.08

Fan Jingyue and Zhang Shaoqin defended their Guiyang title, 0.08 off China's world record.

World Climbing Series Chongqing (Speed Mixed Relay)

Sep 20, 2026

Mixed Relay

1China (Mou Yuju & Ling Yongzhi)China11.50
2Italy (Giulia Randi & Francesco Ponzinibio)Italyfall
3France (Jérôme Morel & Capucine Viglione)France11.69

China won the mixed relay final after Italy's second team fell.

Who competed
Samuel Watson
United States

Samuel Watson

4.60

The top American man and Zhao's main rival; a consistent podium threat who is pushing to reclaim the record.

4.54

At 16-17 he already owns the world record and is the clear favorite every time he steps to the wall. The first sub-4.5s run may well be his.

Veddriq Leonardo

4.75

The reigning Olympic champion and Indonesia's leader; on any given day he can beat Zhao and Watson.

Results verified against multiple sources; unconfirmed times and placements are omitted rather than guessed. Official event info →

Photo of Chongqing: Jonipoon · CC BY 3.0

Finals

Every race, round by round.

The knockout in full: who raced whom, the lane they ran, and the time each climber ran in that heat. This event used the four-lane format, so four climbers race at once, the fastest two go through, and the last heat settles every place on the clock.

1/8

Li Xu A5.02
Zhao Yicheng B4.80
Gilles Meili CFALL
Qihang Xu AFALL
Petr Zemliakov D5.44
Julian David A5.87
Ling Yongzhi B7.98
Yang Jie CFALL
Jingjie Huang A5.04
Jun Yasukawa D7.60
Zexuan Yu D5.13

1/4

Zhao Yicheng B4.71
Zhou Ziyu CFALL
Li Xu D4.99
Julian David D5.07
Michael Hom A8.16
Shi Zechuan B5.17
Shuto Fujino CFALL
Ryo Omasa D4.90
Jingjie Huang C5.31
Zexuan Yu D6.37

1/2

Ryo Omasa B4.75
Shi Zechuan C8.67
Jingjie Huang D4.93

Final

Zhao Yicheng B5.28
Ryo Omasa C4.78
Li Xu D6.35

Official results from the World Climbing result service. Times are the run in that heat, so a climber's fastest time of the day may sit in an earlier round than their last one.

Complete field

Full results, every climber.

Every finisher and their best time. Click any climber to see what they've done in past events.

Men's speed

56 climbers

#ClimberNatBest time
1 Ryo Omasa JPN 4.75 View climber →
2 Leander Carmanns GER 4.90 View climber →
3 Zhao Yicheng CHN 4.66 View climber →
4 Li Xu CHN 4.94 View climber →
5 Antasyafi Robby Al Hilmi INA 4.70 View climber →
6 Raharjati Nursamsa INA 4.81 View climber →
7 Jingjie Huang CHN 4.93
8 Shi Zechuan CHN 4.93 View climber →
9 Michael Hom USA 4.74 View climber →
10 Zhou Ziyu CHN 4.89 View climber →
11 Zachary Hammer USA 4.93 View climber →
12 Shuto Fujino JPN 4.94 View climber →
13 Motonori Tabuchi JPN 4.97 View climber →
14 Jérôme Morel FRA 5.00 View climber →
15 Julian David NZL 5.02
16 Zexuan Yu CHN 5.08
17 Samuel Watson USA 4.75 View climber →
18 Ling Yongzhi CHN 4.80 View climber →
19 Rishat Khaibullin KAZ 4.81 View climber →
20 Kevin Amon AUT 4.89 View climber →
21 Jinbao Long CHN 4.90 View climber →
22 Yang Jie CHN 4.92 View climber →
23 Hryhorii Ilchyshyn UKR 4.93 View climber →
24 Gilles Meili SUI 4.94 View climber →
25 Qihang Xu CHN 5.01
26 Matteo Zurloni ITA 5.04 View climber →
27 Marceau Garnier FRA 5.05 View climber →
28 Ivan Zemliakov AIN 5.07 View climber →
29 Petr Zemliakov AIN 5.10
30 Jun Yasukawa JPN 5.11 View climber →
31 Ethan Pitcher CAN 5.12 View climber →
32 Andrin Zedler GER 5.13 View climber →
33 Luca Robbiati ITA 5.13 View climber →
34 Francesco Ponzinibio ITA 5.14 View climber →
35 Miguel Gómez Barrios ESP 5.16 View climber →
36 Ludovico Fossali ITA 5.23 View climber →
37 Erik Noya Cardona ESP 5.29 View climber →
38 Marcin Dzienski POL 5.31 View climber →
39 Noah Bratschi USA 5.32 View climber →
40 Yaroslav Tkach UKR 5.35 View climber →
41 Rashid Khaibullin KAZ 5.39 View climber →
42 Sebastian Lucke GER 5.41 View climber →
43 Lukas Windischer AUT 5.45 View climber →
44 Sofiane Vial SUI 5.50 View climber →
45 Alexander Kovats CAN 5.51 View climber →
46 Ben Jennings USA 5.51 View climber →
47 Oskar Szalecki POL 5.57 View climber →
48 Alikhan Tatambay KAZ 5.84
49 Valentin Sternik ARG 6.02 View climber →
50 Chi Fung Au HKG 6.03
51 Ned Johnston NZL 6.39 View climber →
52 Caio Felipe Egg BRA 6.54 View climber →
53 Wong Kwing Fai HKG 6.55 View climber →
54 Gastón Paredes CHI 8.44
55 Juan Manuel Gomez Gutierrez ARG 9.36
56 Cristobal Andrade CHI 9.48
Women's speed

43 climbers

#ClimberNatBest time
1 Emma Hunt USA 6.09 View climber →
2 Zhang Shaoqin CHN 6.30 View climber →
3 Giulia Randi ITA 6.53 View climber →
4 Leslie Adriana Romero Pérez ESP 6.25 View climber →
5 Milana Melnichenko AIN 6.40 View climber →
6 Elizaveta Ivanova AIN 6.41 View climber →
7 Isis Rothfork USA 6.58 View climber →
8 Adi Asih Kadek INA 6.70 View climber →
9 Jingyue Fan CHN 6.37
10 Zhang Mengli CHN 6.46 View climber →
11 Aleksandra Kalucka POL 6.50 View climber →
12 Rajiah Sallsabillah INA 6.56 View climber →
13 Mou Yuju CHN 6.57 View climber →
14 Carla Martínez Vidal ESP 6.67 View climber →
15 Natalia Kalucka POL 6.73 View climber →
16 Xinyi Huang CHN 6.80
17 Polina Khalkevych UKR 6.71 View climber →
18 Capucine Viglione FRA 6.74 View climber →
19 Beatrice Colli ITA 6.88 View climber →
20 Chen Yingjie CHN 6.88 View climber →
21 Qin Yumei CHN 6.92 View climber →
22 Minhui Jia CHN 6.95
23 Yumei Bai CHN 6.96
24 Ren Koyamatsu JPN 6.98 View climber →
25 Sophia Curcio USA 7.03 View climber →
26 Wang Shengyan CHN 7.16 View climber →
27 Louise Fontaine FRA 7.20 View climber →
28 Karin Hayashi JPN 7.38 View climber →
29 Ai Takeuchi JPN 7.40 View climber →
30 Anna Brozek POL 7.45 View climber →
31 Nele Thomas GER 7.58 View climber →
32 Piper Kelly USA 7.65 View climber →
33 Helen Lee NZL 7.70 View climber →
34 Maddi Haferling USA 7.70
35 Valeria Macias Ferreira MEX 7.86 View climber →
36 Anna Balarshina KAZ 7.90 View climber →
37 Aniya Holder RSA 7.99 View climber →
38 Sarah Tetzlaff NZL 8.07 View climber →
39 Arina Novitskaya KAZ 8.12 View climber →
40 Elise Villeneuve CAN 8.66 View climber →
41 Yua Nishimura JPN 8.71
42 Julia Nava MEX 9.30 View climber →
43 Johanna Nagl AUT 9.42 View climber →

Full field and times from ifsc.results.info. Click any climber for their full record.

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