25 August 2021

Sara Copar and Nonoha Kume Lead Youth World Champions

The big sensation in the female youth A category was that Alex Totkova, who was #3 in the Chamonix World Cup, was #4 in the Youth World Championship. The winner was Sara Copar from Slovenia who won the Combined Youth World Championship in 2019. Among the Junior girls, Nonoha Kume from Japan won the gold in her first-ever IFSC competition, on countback over Lucija Tarkus from Slovenia. Overall, Slovenia with just two million inhabitants got 50 % of the medals.
1. Sara Copar SLO 46+
2. Alessia Maboni ITA 40+
3. Liza Novak SLO 40+
Complete results


1. Nonoha Kume JPN 48+
2. Lucija Tarkus SLO 48+
3. Camille Pouget FRA 46+
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