IFSC Madrid 4 Speed 2024: Olympic champion Veddriq Leonardo and Zhang Shaoqin triumph on second day of racing
Olympic champion Veddriq Leonardo won the men's big final with Zhang Shaoqin winning the women's event on the second day of the IFSC Madrid 4 Speed sport climbing competition on Sunday (20 October).
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Olympic champion Veddriq Leonardo came out on top in the men’s big final on the second day of the IFSC Madrid 4 Speed sport climbing competition on Sunday (20 October).
The Indonesian speedster’s victory comes a day after he finished third in the test event using four lanes instead of the usual two.
Sunday’s competition was back to the usual format with Leonardo winning the two-lane final against compatriot Rahmad Adi Mulyono.
Leonardo scaled the wall in a time of 5.06 seconds with Adi Mulyono slapping the buzzer just 0.08s behind him.
Long Jianguo, Saturday’s winner of the four-lane event, again found his way to the podium winning the small final by the narrowest of margins. Long out-touched Italy’s Matteo Zurloni by just 0.002s with a winning time of 5.052s.
The women’s big final was an equally close affair with Zhang Shaoqin beating her Chinese compatriot Zhou Yafei by a hair’s breadth. Zhou won the title in a time of 6.78s, beating Zhou by 0.14s.
Nurul Iqamah of Indonesia denied the Chinese delegation a clean sweep of the podium winning the small final in a time of 6.95s. Wang Shengyan reached the top of the wall in a time of 7.00s to fall painfully short of a medal.
Results from IFSC Madrid 4 Speed on Sunday 20 October 2024:
Women's top-four results
- Zhang Shaoqin (CHN) 6.78 seconds
- Zhou Yafei (CHN) 6.92
- Nurul Iqamah (INA) 6.95
- Wang Shengyan (CHN) 7.00
Men's top-four results
- Veddriq Leonardo (INA) 5.06
- Rahmad Adi Mulyono (INA) 5.14
- Long Jianguo (CHN) 5.052
- Matteo Zurloni (ITA) 5.054