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by 8a Founder and Editor-in-Chief Jens Larssen including also Analyses, Reviews, Training, Polls and Opinions etc.
Male Lead dominated by USA and Japan
In the male Lead ranking of 2018, Sean Bailey was #18 and the highest ranked from the USA. The second highest was #43. In 2019, Sean had advanced to #9 and Jess…
Garnbret and Grupper win the semi in Villars
Janja Garnbret was the only athlete to top the semifinal route in Villars. Runner-up was Chaehyun Seo and the third was Brooke Raboutou, which also was the final ranking in Innsbruck last weekend. Among the male, Jesse Grupper got the highest ahead of Colin Duffy. Interestingly, Team Japan got four …
5.09 and 5.04 by Kiromal Katibin
In the Villar Speed qualification, Kiromal Katibin from Indonesia set two World Records. In his first run, he did 5.09 and then 5.04 in his second race, video. Runner-up was Long Cao from China with 5.22. Besides the several World Records in 2022, the level has been pushed significantly and 5.58 was…
Michaela Kiersch leads the current 12-month female combined ranking
Over the last 12 months, Michaela Kiersch has sent two 8B+ boulders and one 9a route. There might be some unreported ascents out there from other female climber…
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EDITORIAL
by 8a Founder and Editor-in-Chief Jens Larssen including also Analyses, Reviews, Training, Polls and Opinions etc.
Male Lead dominated by USA and Japan
In the male Lead ranking of 2018, Sean Bailey was #18 and the highest ranked from the USA. The second highest was #43. In 2019, Sean had advanced to #9 and Jess…
Garnbret and Grupper win the semi in Villars
Janja Garnbret was the only athlete to top the semifinal route in Villars. Runner-up was Chaehyun Seo and the third was Brooke Raboutou, which also was the final ranking in Innsbruck last weekend. Among the male, Jesse Grupper got the highest ahead of Colin Duffy. Interestingly, Team Japan got four …
5.09 and 5.04 by Kiromal Katibin
In the Villar Speed qualification, Kiromal Katibin from Indonesia set two World Records. In his first run, he did 5.09 and then 5.04 in his second race, video. Runner-up was Long Cao from China with 5.22. Besides the several World Records in 2022, the level has been pushed significantly and 5.58 was…
Michaela Kiersch leads the current 12-month female combined ranking
Over the last 12 months, Michaela Kiersch has sent two 8B+ boulders and one 9a route. There might be some unreported ascents out there from other female climber…
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Japan wins the overall boulder ranking again
In the boulder national team ranking Japan got 20 783 points which can be compared with 15 223 for USA and 10 176 for France. Japan has dominated the boulder competition scene since 2015. Among the male, they set a new record, getting all the three podiums and overall they had eight males among the …
Grossman is the superior overall Boulder champion
Natalia Grossman had secured the overall victory after the World Cup in Brixen. Then she won her fifth straight World Cup by winning also in Innsbruck. Here is the final ranking. (There is a Lead and Boulder World Cup in Japan in October but this is a Combined event) 1. Natalia Grossman USA 5 000 2.…
Yoshiyuki Ogata wins the overall gold as also in 2021
Yoshiyuki Ogata from Japan, who won the Boulder World Cup last year, wins also in 2022. Here are his results in the six World Cups in 2022, where he always has made it to the finals; 2 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 5 - 3. Complete results 1. Yoshiyuki Ogata JPN 3 990 2. Tomoa Narasaki JPN 3 405 3. Kokoro Fujii JPN…
Oliana partly destroyed by fire
Svana Bjarnason reports on Insta, "Climbing wise it’s hard to analyse the damages. To sum up: the left part of the wall has been severely altered (from the rout…
Paris 2024 qualification process
IOC has published the Paris 2024 qualification process: Top-3 in the World Championships (Bern 2023), 5 Continental winners and the Top-10 from an Olympic qualifying series during March to June 2024. There will also be one host country and one Universality quota place per gender. In practice, as the…