Back to News We deeply regret to announce that USA Climbing failed to confirm the attendance of our Lead athletes registered to compete at the IFSC World Cup Briançon 2024. Despite their registration, the rules require a confirmation of attendance in person by a Team Official at the competition venue. Unfortunately, the Jury President of the event, following the rules, informed our onsite staff that our Lead athletes would not be eligible to participate. We can only imagine the immense disappointment our athletes and fans must be feeling right now, and we want to express our sincerest apologies for this inexcusable oversight. Our staff are actively working on ways to prevent this from happening again in the future by putting additional safeguards in place to mitigate such issues moving forward. In light of these circumstances, USA Climbing will reimburse travel expenses for the athletes and their family members who traveled to support them.