The winner of the 2023 Women's Boulder World Championship was the U.S. American athlete Natalia Grossman, having accrued more than 3.5 thousand points in total. The second place went to Miho Nonaka from Japan, while the top three was completed by Brooke Raboutou, also from the United States.
What is bouldering?
Bouldering is a climbing discipline that takes place at a relatively low height without the protection of a rope or harness, where bouldering mats are instead used to reduce the risk of injuries from a fall. The routes tend to involve much more powerful moves and techniques and exhibit a significant problem-solving element. In a competition, several unique boulder problems are set and each athlete is given a window of time to work out the appropriate sequence and attempt to complete the problem. Within individual bouldering competitions, points are awarded as a function of the total number of successful problem ascents, the number of attempts required on each problem, and in the event of a failure to complete a given problem, there exists specified holds that provide a bonus point. This results in an individual competition ranking from points are assigned to the athletes. Within a given World Cup series, there are usually six such individual competitions.
Climbing in the Olympics
In 2021, sport climbing debuted in the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, receiving international acclaim as one of the most popular additions to the Olympic portfolio in recent years. One of the reasons why climbing was so successfully incorporated into the Olympic program was the long history of professional competition sport climbing that exists within the sport. One of the most prestigious of these sport climbing competitions is the International Federation of Sport Climbing's (IFSC) World Cup series, which unlike the 2021 Olympic program, is separated into the three main disciplines: boulder, lead, and speed.
Leading female athletes in the IFSC Boulder World Championship 2023, by final score
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International Federation of Sport Climbing. (September 24, 2023). Leading female athletes in the IFSC Boulder World Championship 2023, by final score [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308624/womens-bouldering-world-championship-ranking/
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International Federation of Sport Climbing. (2023). Leading female athletes in the IFSC Boulder World Championship 2023, by final score. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308624/womens-bouldering-world-championship-ranking/
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