Indonesia Wins 2 Medals At The Rock Climbing World Championship

Kiromal Katibin won the IFSC Climbing World Cup 2024 bronze medal (Instagram/@kiromalk).

JAKARTA Indonesia won two medals, one silver and one bronze each, from the IFSC Climbing World Cup 2024 aka the Rock Climbing World Cup in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, October 4, 2024, WIB night.

The silver medal was won by Rajiah Sallsabillah from the women's speed number with a time of 8.08 seconds. He lost to Chinese athlete Zhou Yafei, who finished with a time of 6.78 seconds.

Rajiah had experienced a slip as she approached the finish, but managed to maintain the advantage over Chinese athlete Lijuan Deng, who won bronze.

The bronze medal was secured by the men's speed event athlete, Kiromal Katibin. He won a bronze medal after defeating Matteo Zurloni from Italy in the small final.

Kiromamal recorded a time of 4.99 seconds, while Zurloni finished with a time of 8.93 seconds after several slips.

The gold medal in the men's speed number was won by Wang Xishang from China. Meanwhile, Amir Maimuratov from Kazakhstan won a silver medal. Wang finished with a time of 6.23 seconds, while Amir was 10.60 seconds.

Indonesia has placed a total of four male athletes and five female athletes in the final. However, the intense competition against athletes from other countries made Indonesia have to settle for only two medals.

Throughout 2024, Indonesian athletes have participated in only a few IFSC World Cup series because they focus on qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Therefore, the final ranking of the Indonesian athlete's speed number in 2024 is not very dominating.

Based on IFSC information, in the men's speed number only Kiromal Katibin occupies the top 10. He now sits in the eighth position with 1,380 points. Meanwhile, the 2024 Paris Olympic champion, Veddriq Leonardo only occupies the 15th position with 1,000 points.

From the women's speed number, Rajiah Salsabillah occupies the 12th position with 1,155 points, while other Indonesian women's speed athletes are in the top 20-30 position.