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| Photo =Korea Sports Council for the Disabled |
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| Photo =Korea Sports Council for the Disabled |
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The 2025 IFSC Seoul Sports Climbing & Paracliming World Championships will be held at Seoul Olympic Park Hanel Square and KSPO DOME from the 20th to the 28th.
The competition, which will involve more than 1,000 athletes from 60 countries around the world, will feature the Paracliming World Championship and the Sportsclimbing World Championship together to provide a variety of attractions to climbing fans at home and abroad.
The Paracliming World Championship is the world's most prestigious paracliming international competition hosted by the International Sports Climbing Federation (IFSC), especially as it is the first world championship to be held since paracliming was adopted as an official sport at the LA Paralympics in 2028, drawing great attention internationally.
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| A linker participating in the Paracliming World Championships. Photo = Korea Sports Council for the Disabled |
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| Yun Sang-geun participating in the Paracliming World Championships. Photo = Korea Sports Council for the Disabled |
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| Cho Hae-sung participating in the Paracliming World Championships. Photo = Korea Sports Council for the Disabled |
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A total of 204 disabled athletes from 29 countries will participate in the paracliming competition to compete for their skills. South Korea will feature players Yeon Dong-ki (AU3), Cho Hae-sung (AL2), and Yoon Sang-geun (RP2) to show their skills on the international stage.
Paracliming qualifying matches will be held on September 20 (Sat) and 21 (Sun) at Olympic Park Hanel Square, and anyone can watch them for free. The final match will be held at KSPO DOME from the 24th to the 25th, and will be held with paid viewing. Tickets are 11,000 won and can be purchased at 'NOL Interpark'.
An official from the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled said, `As this is the first para-climbing world championship in Korea to confirm the athletes' challenge and growth toward the 2028 LA Paralympic Games, I hope that many people will visit the site and cheer for the athletes' hot challenges.'
Meanwhile, the competition will be held along with the 2025 IFSC Seoul Sports Climbing World Championships, providing a variety of attractions for climbing fans at home and abroad. The preliminary round of South Korean players will begin on the 21st (Sunday), 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., with Yoon Sang-geun (men's RP2 lead, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.), Yeondonggi (men's AU3 lead, 10 a.m. to 12:45 a.m.), and Cho Hae-sung (men's AL2 lead, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.). The results of the matches are available on the official site of the IFSC competition.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
