Mina Markovič's Victory at the World Games

Yesterday, August 4, 2013, the lead climbing competition at the WORLD GAMES in the Colombian city of Cali concluded with a triumph for Slovenia. Our best sport climbers – Mina Markovič and Domen Škofic – competed; Mina achieved VICTORY and the gold medal. Domen qualified for the final and finished 8th.



After the European Championship in lead climbing, which took place from July 11 to 13, 2013, in French Chamonix where Mina Markovič won the title of European vice-champion, after the first IFSC World Cup 2013 lead climbing event in French Briançon where Mina took the silver medal, and after the youth European Championship in lead climbing where Domen Škofic won the youth European vice-champion title, this weekend in the Colombian city of Cali at the WORLD GAMES – Olympic Games for non-Olympic sports – the lead climbing competition took place. Our best sport climbers also participated: Mina Markovič in the women's category and Domen Škofic in the men's. The 25-year-old Markovič, the best Slovenian sport climber and this year's defender of the double overall World Cup winner title in lead and combined, showed excellent climbing as only she knows how and convincingly swept the entire world competition, deservedly WON and won the GOLD medal.

The 18-year-old Domen Škofic was equally excellent, qualifying for the final of the top eight among the gathered senior world competition and finishing 8th. Domen also achieved the world youth vice-champion title in 2012.



STATEMENT by Mina Markovič, winner at the World Games:

"I am satisfied and I think that this time I managed to show really good climbing and the form I am in, both in the semi-final and in the final. So I can hardly wait to return home and the upcoming competitions!"



RESULTS (Source: official World Games website): WOMEN, MEN.

In the women's competition, Mina was the best already in the semi-final, where she shared first place with the current European champion, Russian Dinara Fakhritdinova; in the final, Mina was more confident and convincingly beat the entire competition. In the end, second place and silver went to Korean Jain Kim, third was Russian Dinara Fakhritdinova.

In the men's competition, the current European vice-champion, Spaniard Ramon Julian Puigblanque won, second was Austrian Jakob Schubert, third Norwegian Magnus Midtboe.



PARTICIPANTS: In the women's competition, 18 selected best sport climbers in the world competed, namely from Sweden, Russia, France, Austria, USA, Ecuador, Colombia, Korea, Venezuela and of course Slovenia, who also went through the qualification sieve for the World Games. In the men's competition, 17 best sport climbers in the world competed, namely from Spain, Austria, Norway, Korea, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Venezuela, Chile, USA, Colombia and Slovenia, who passed the qualifications. These took place one to two years ago, and tickets were received by winners of World Cups, world championships, youth champions, continental champions …



COMING UP: After the World Games follows the World Cup lead event in Austrian Imst (9–10. 8. 2013), where Mina will also compete; Domen will skip this event as he will be in Canada at the youth world championship (last time in the youth team) on 15–16. 8. 2013 aiming for his second youth world champion title.



YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 15–16. 8. 2013, Central Saanich (Canada), disciplines: lead, speed (our competitors do not compete in speed).

IFSC WORLD CUP 2013 – LEAD

19–20. 7. Briancon (France)

9–10. 8. Imst (Austria)

20–21. 9. Puurs (Belgium)

27–29. 9. Perm (Russia) 12–13. 10. Wujiang (China)

19–20. 10. Mokpo (Korea)

1–2. 11. Valence (France)

16–17. 11. Kranj (Slovenia) – finale