Thursday 16 July 2009

CHAMONIX! 1st WCL 11-13 JULY


Finally!! the lead world cup started as well.
In the men's is the veteran Usobiaga who dominates the comp, showing once again he's the strongest, after his recent excellent victory at the world championship in china.
Some new faces in the final and luckely many young faces as well!
japanes Amma earns the second place and young austrian Lama is third.
Many frenchemen as usual were competing, with good overall results and two athletes in the final.
then, will german Tauporn take the legacy of the mythical Bindhammer brothers? We will see.
In the women's, the best three get the same hold so the podium comes out from the semi's ranking, with Ernst who wins, strange but true! :)

A question: could someone explain us why it's not possible anymore to watch the world cup comps in streaming? can IFSC afford to lose aficionados? We seriously doubt so.

Ranking men

Ranking women

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Sunday 5 July 2009

CLIMBING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Xining 30-5July

Here you are, the world champions!

LEAD MEN (complete result)
1. USOBIAGA Patxi (ESP)
2. ONDRA Adam (CZE)
3. ANMA Sachi (JPN)

LEAD WOMEN (complete result)
1. ERNST Johanna (AUT)
2. KIM Jain (KOR)
3. VIDMAR Maja (SLO)

BOULDERING MEN (complete result)
1. RUBTSOV Alexey (RUS)
2. GELMANOV Rustam (RUS)
3. BARRANS David (GBR)

BOULDERING WOMEN (complete result)
1. ABRAMCHUK Yulia (RUS)
2. SHALAGINA Olga (UKR)
3. STOHR Anna (AUT)

SPEED MAN (complete result)
1. ZHONG Qixin (CHI)
2. NIGMATULIN Alexandr (KAZ)
3. NOVIKOV Ivan (RUS)

SPEED WOMEN (complete result)
1. HE Cuilan (CHI)
2. HE Cuifang (CHI)
3. LI Chunhua (CHI)