South Korea, and the country’s apple county, will provide the opening destination for the 2019 UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup season.
Cheonsgong, one of the most popular destinations on the World Tour, for its challenging ice wall, partisan crowd and welcoming atmosphere, is preparing to witness the exploits of around 100 ice climbers from 18 countries. Competition commences on 12 January with qualifications and the lead semi-finals. All finals will be held on 13 January.
Watch: Woonseon Shin’s gold medal climb in Cheongsong, 2018
A sizeable presence will be provided by the South Korean team comprising the charismatic former World Champion Hee YongPark as well as the outstanding Hannarai Song and Woonseon Shin. The latter, the current World Champion, claimed the lead crown in Cheongsong last year. Also victorious were Russia’s Alexei Dengin in lead and in speed Nikolai Kuzovlev and Valeriia Bogdan. All are returning in 2019.
Livestreaming will be available on the UIAA social media channels, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, as well as on partner channels EXTREME, EPIC TV and the Olympic Channel. The World Tour is partnered by Outdoor Research.
Embed codes for the livestream can be found here:
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Sunday 13 January – LIVE Speed Finals (08:30 local time)
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Sunday 13 January – LIVE Lead Finals (14:00 local time)
The full Cheongsong programme can be downloaded here.
For further details on the event in Cheonsgong click here.
The World Cup series comprises six events with Beijing, China hosting the next round from 18-20 January.
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