HOME SUPPORT SPURS SOFYA ON
With 75 women starting, Switzerland’s Sofya Yokoyama was out relatively early in the round, well into the first half of the climbers. After climbing in this position, you have an idea of where you may finish, but you don’t always want to say it out loud.
Speaking after her climbing was finished Yokoyama said: “I don’t want to jinx it, but I think I am ok. I would like to wait until the very, very end because you never know what can happen. There’s a few more to come that could get ahead of me, but I think I am ok.”
Luckily, she didn’t ‘jinx it’ finishing in 17th overall with a strong round of five topped boulders for a score of 124.3pts: “It was a really good round for me. I don’t think I have climbed this well in so long. I had so much fun, I knew what I had to do, I felt I had focus, and I mean the crowd and being at home gave me so much more motivation.”
Yokoyama is the only climber from her nation to make it through to the semi-final, and there’s a few our climbers in the same position. Other sole representatives are Australia’s Oce Mackenzie, Italy’s Camilla Moroni, South Korea’s Gayeong Oh and the climber sharing the final semi spot, Geila Macià Martín. The Spanish climber sits joint 23rd with France’s Lucile Saurel.
RESULTS
Full results can be found here
WHERE TO WATCH
The World Climbing Series Bern 2026 continue with the men’s qualification at 15:30 (UTC+2:00).
The semi-final and final rounds will be live streamed on the World Climbing YouTube channel, with geo-blocking applied to selected countries and territories.
For all the facts and stats of the event click here.
For an overview of where to watch the event click here.
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