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