Miroslaw was on fire from qualifying, lowering her mark from the 6.53 she set in May 2022 to a 6.46 then to 6.37. “It’s incredible, especially for the first event of the season.” “Break the record for 4.98, the first man to record under five seconds - and I take the gold medal at the same time. “I’m super happy tonight,” Leonardo said. Leonardo’s training partner and the former world record-holder, Kiromal Katibin, failed to even qualify for the final round, managing only a pedestrian 5.71/6.32. Leonardo looked like he would go under five for a fourth time in the final against Long Jinbao, but stuttered at the top and settled for only a 5.01. That mark however didn’t stand for very long as the Indonesian threw down the 4.90 in the quarter-finals and followed it up with a 4.93 in the semis. Leonardo made history in qualification by unleashing a 4.98. Leonardo got the speed season off to a flying start in Seoul, winning the men’s final of the IFSC Climbing World Cup 2023 Seoul and setting a new world record of 4.90 seconds in the process.Īleksandra Miroslaw was as dominant in the women’s competition, rewriting her own world record four times en route to the championship with a time of 6.25 in the final. Veddriq Leonardo from Indonesia became the first man in sport climbing to break the five-second barrier on Friday (28 April).
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