The third IFSC World Cup event ever held in Polish territory is scheduled to take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6.
The ninth stop of the IFSC World Cup Series 2025 will bring the fastest climbers in the world, including Paris 2024 women’s Speed champion Aleksandra Miroslaw and bronze medallist Aleksandra Kalucka, to the Polish city of Krakow.
The event, which will take place on the weekend of 5 and 6 July, will mark the return of an IFSC World Cup to Poland for the first time in 16 years and the third overall after two Speed World Cups were held in Tarnów in 2007 and 2009.
More recently, Climbing was featured in the programme of two multi-sport events organised in Polish territory: The World Games 2017 in Wrocław and the European Games 2023 in Krakow and Małopolska.
At a press conference organised today, the President of the Polish Climbing Federation Marek Wierzbowski, and the Mayor of the Royal City of Krakow Aleksander Miszalski sat alongside Miroslaw as the event was officially presented.
A message from IFSC President Marco Scolaris was also played to the attending audience and authorities.
“We are more than happy to welcome Poland back on our World Cup calendar next July. We have beautiful memories of events in Poland from The World Games 2017 and European Games 2023,**” said Scolaris.
“To bring the Climbing family to Krakow, such a famous, historical, monumental city is really exciting. What a great way to celebrate Aleksandra Miroslaw, your Olympic champion, and the whole Polish team, who has performed excellently in Speed for many seasons!”
Following the spectacular debut of Speed as a standalone discipline at the Paris Olympics, a field of top-class speedsters led by Miroslaw and Kalucka is expected to compete in Krakow in July: Natalia Kalucka – Aleksandra’s twin sister, men’s Speed Olympic champion Veddriq Leonardo of Indonesia, current men’s world record holder Sam Watson of the USA, and the reigning world champions in the discipline – Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi of Indonesia and Matteo Zurloni of Italy.
The calendar of IFSC World Cups and Championships was presented earlier in 2025, and further updates will be released in the upcoming weeks.
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