27 April 2014

Boulder WC in China

1. Jan hojer 4t26 4b24 - Juliane Wurm 3t6 3b6 2. Dmitrii Sharafutdinov 3t5 3b5 - Shauna Coxsey 3t7 4b10 3. Jorg Verhoeven 2t9 2b9 - Akiyo Noguchi 3t12 4b13 4. James Kassay 1t1 1b1 - Alex Puccio 2t4 3b5 5. Guillaume Mondet 1t3 2b2 - Anna Stöhr 2t10 3b11 Jan Hojer and Juliane Wurm won both their second WC and in fact the first time, Innsbruck 2013, it was also a double German victory. Hojer needed 14 tries to get the bonus and top out the first problem.Juliane had secured the victory before she started the last problem. During the last twelve WC's, the worst result for Anna Stöhr was #2 and in now, she was #5 after having won the semifinal. Overall, nine of the Top-10 are 8a members. Stay tuned for a more detailed WC report.
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