Toby Roberts and Janja Garnbret get gold at the Boulder World Cup!

Toby Roberts and Janja Garnbret get gold at the Boulder World Cup!

On June 30, 2025, the final competitions of the Boulder World Cup took place in Innsbruck, and the tight audience was able to look forward to gripping duels. The focus was particularly on the athletes Toby Roberts from Great Britain and Janja Garnbret from Slovenia, who conquered the stage with their victories. Toby Roberts celebrated a remarkable comeback after he had already suffered a few setbacks this season, including a disappointing place 51 in Bern. Before the final, he announced that he would give everything and his performance was rewarded with gold. Roberts scored an end point of 69.8 points, just followed by Sorato Anraku from Japan, who took second place with 69.6 points. Hannes van Duysen from Belgium secured the bronze medal with 54.6 points. After the competition, Roberts was speechless and described the season as challenging, with the climax, which he was able to fight for in Innsbruck, such as climbing scene reported.

But Janja Garnbret was also not to be stopped. Despite a bumpy start, in which she only took fifth place after the qualification, she showed in the final that she was one of the best. She mastered all four bouldering problems and secured gold in an impressive way. Oriane Bertone from France won the silver medal, while Anon Matsufuji received bronze from Japan. These results were confirmed by Olympics

The challenges of the athletes

The conditions in the final were challenging. Rain could not spoil the mood of the spectators, who cheered the athletes loudly. It was particularly noteworthy that Anraku took second place after a strong semi -finals in 1st place, with only 0.2 points behind Roberts. In the overall ranking of the World Cup, Anraku ended the season in first place with 5300 points, followed by Schalck and Amagasa.

in the women's ranking, Oriane Bertone cheered over 4375 points as overall winner, while Mao Nakamura and Annie Sanders took second and third place. There was a ray of hope for Austria, because Nicolai Uznik landed in 8th place. The best German athletes, Elias Arriagada Krüger, we saw in 53th place.

A look into the future

The next dates have already been determined. The IFSC World Championships will take place from September 21 to 28 in Seoul. Athletes from all over the world will demonstrate their skills there, and of course the defending champions Roberts and Garnbret will do everything they can to continue their success. The current season has shown that everything is possible in climbing, and the athletes will certainly be highly motivated.

The complete results of the men and women in the final are as follows: