8B by Pietro Biagini (16) in Varazze
Pietro Biagini, who won one Euro Boulder Cup in 2015 and was #4* in the Combined World Championship 2016, has done his first 8B, Alphacentauri in Varazze. He also did Raptor 8B, skipping the elimination holds, and suggested a personal grade of 8A for this variation. In the 8a combined ranking game, the 16-year-old is #3 among the juniors. The photo is from Smeagol 7C. * In the original official results, Pietro was #3 and he also got his bronze standing on the podium in China. One week later, IFSC admitted that they had published the wrong calculation.

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First 8C by world champion Alexey Rubtsov
Alexey Rubtsov, the World Champion 2009 and #3 in the World Cup 2016, has done his first 8C, From Dirt Grows The Flowers in Chironico. It has been a long time project for the Russian but interestingly he did it just over four attempts on this trip. "From the beginning of 2016 I don't work, so now, for the first time I consider myself professional. So I feel myself better now, and climb better! I will try to get a ticket to Olympics, but I still don't decide if I will change my training program to become overall climber or to stay just a boulderer, that might be enough! This year I will go on all Boulder World Cup stages, World Games, maybe will try to compete in Lead once.My nearest plans are to go to ABC nationals in USA and little bit rock climbing there. After again training, because soon will be first WC!"

Two 8b flashes and two 8c+'s by Peter Dawson (18)
peter dawson has had a great trip to Spain again. He has done his first two 8b flashes and also his first two 8c+'s, Blomu R3 in Santa Linya and Joe Blau in Oliana. In the Junior 8a ranking game the 18-year-old is #6. "The most valuable lesson I can take from this trip is to enjoy the process. If it was easy it wouldnโ€™t be worth doing. If itโ€™s hard there is doubt and worry but you must keep going. Sending the route is only half the fun!" Full report on his blogspot.

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Charles Albert posztolta a Facebookon a napokban, hogy nyitott egy รผlล‘startot a Dรฉlire onirique 8C-re Fontainebleauban (termรฉszetesen mezรญtlรกb), kรถrรผlbelรผl 10-15 szesรถn utรกn. A kb. 183cm magas Charles รบgy kommentรกlta a dologot:Kรถnnyebb a magas embereknek, most mehetek keresni valami รบj nehรฉz projรณt..." Decemberben, "Maugli" megnyitotta a La rรฉvolutionnaire 8C-t รฉs korรกbban pedig megnyitotta a direktverziรณjรกt a Le Pied ร  Coulisse 8C-nek, melyhez azt a kommentet fลฑzte: Valรณszรญnลฑleg lehetetlen mรกszรณcipล‘vel megmรกszni... EpicTV video presentation