The last day of the European Universities Sport Climbing Championship on August 9, 2015 in Katowice, was all about lead finals, awards and closing ceremony.

The day started with the Lead semifinals on the wall Poziom 450 in Sosnowiec. Already during elimination it was known that the competition will be held under the dictation of athletes from French universities. Fanny Gibert, Nolwen Berthier and Marine Girardet from the National Institute of Applied Sciences – Lyon 1, fought battle for the medals in female category and eventually in this order stood on the podium. Among the men in the finals was most Russians athletes, but the best was Thomas Joannes also from the National Institute of Applied Sciences - Lyon 1 from France, silver went to Dmitrii Fakirianov from Ural Federal University from Russia, and bronze to Antoine Kauffmann from the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve from Belgium.



The first edition of the European Universities Sport Climbing Championship was prepared in close cooperation with the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) and consisted of competitions in Speed, Bouldering, Lead, as well as featured the Dyno Jumping Contest and T-Wall Bouldering Cup.



The medal ceremony connected with the closing ceremony, took place in the International Congress Center in Katowice. Mr Patrik Perosa, Sports Manager of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and Mr Slawomir Witek, Head of the Department of Sports and Tourism of the City of Katowice positively evaluated event's debut in European competition, and the Organizing Committee has prepared the whole event perfectly.



This opinion is also shared by all the players and coaches who compared the level of events to the World Cup rank in sport climbing. It should also be noted the high level sports events, for which they provide names of the participants who regularly compete in major international events, also winning medals. We can safely said that AZS Katowice scored another valuable organizational experience sure to benefit from the next international event. Co-organizer and host of the event was the City of Katowice, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. The event was also used for the promotion of the European Week of Sport and the #BeActive campaign.



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