UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup 2013

Yesterday, the UIAA competitive ice climbing World Cup concluded with a competition in Kirov (Russia). Our representatives Tjaša Kosič (ŠPO PD Jesenice) and Janez Svoljšak (AO PD Kranj) also competed in the final competition, where Janez qualified for his first final and achieved great success among excellent ice climbers and organizers, thereby confirming his excellent 3rd place from this year's first youth world championship.



Janez Svoljšak (AO PD Kranj) has been competing in lead in the UIAA competitive ice climbing World Cup for the second year; this year, he only missed the first of the five competitions because the first youth world championship was taking place simultaneously in Saas Grund, Switzerland, where he achieved an excellent 3rd place. At the final competition in Kirov, he qualified for the final for the first time in World Cup competitions and finished 8th. His success was also noticed by the umbrella international organization, the International Mountaineering Federation UIAA, which stated in an official release: "Janez Svoljšak, Slovenian representative, is only 19 years old and already promises great hopes, which he confirmed by qualifying for his first final, which is particularly commendable among a multitude of excellent competitors."



Tjaša Kosič (ŠPO PD Jesenice) is already an experienced competitor at only 24 years old. She competes in lead and speed climbing, always achieving good results. In Kirov, she was an excellent 14th in lead, but did not qualify for the semifinals in speed this time.



MEMBERS OF THE SLOVENIAN NATIONAL TEAM in competitive ice climbing who competed in the UIAA World Cup 2013 events: Tjaša Kosič, ŠPO PD Jesenice, Janez Svoljšak, AO PD Kranj, Nastja Davidova, AO PD Ljubljana–Matica, and Joži Pavlič, AO PD Celje – Matica.



OVERALL RANKINGS in this year's UIAA ice climbing World Cup 2013:

- Tjaša Kosič: 20th in lead, 15th in speed (competed in 4 out of 5 WC 2013 events).

- Janez Svoljšak: 25th in lead among 64 competitors (competed in 4 out of 5 WC 2013 events; the first competition coincided with the youth world championship).

- Nastja Davidova: 45th in lead (competed only in Saas-Fee).



WINNERS OF THE UIAA ICE CLIMBING WORLD CUP 2013 OVERALL:

- in speed: Julia Oleynikova (RUS) among women and Egor Trapeznikov (RUS) among men,

- in lead: Maria Tolokonina (RUS) in women's and Park Hee Yong (KOR) in men's competition.



Placements of our representatives in INDIVIDUAL World Cup events and at the UIAA 2013 youth world championship:

UIAA YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2013

12.-13. 1.: Saas Grund, Switzerland:

- Janez Svoljšak 3rd place in lead.



UIAA WORLD CUP EVENTS 2013

1st event, 12.-13. 1., Cheongsong, South Korea (lead & speed) & world championship (lead):

- Tjaša Kosič: 29th in lead, 13th in speed.



2nd event, 18.-19. 1., Saas-Fee, Switzerland (lead & speed):

- Janez Svoljšak: 20th in lead.

- Nastja Davidova: 22nd in lead.

- Joži Pavlič: 48th in lead.

3rd event, 26.-27. 1., Rabenstein, Italy (lead & speed):

- Tjaša Kosič: 18th in lead, 15th in speed.

- Janez Svoljšak: 33rd in lead.



4th event, 7.-9. 2., Busteni, Romania (lead & speed):

- Tjaša Kosič: 19th in lead, 10th in speed.

- Janez Svoljšak: 31st in lead.



5th event, 8.-10. 3., Kirov, Russia (lead & speed) & world championship (speed):

- Tjaša Kosič: 14th in lead, speed qualifications.

- Janez Svoljšak: 8th in lead.



SLOVENIAN INTERNATIONAL JUDGES at this year's UIAA competitive ice climbing World Cup events were: Jasna and Andrej Pečjak, Žiga and Nejc Šter.