Tomoa Narasaki won the seventh and last stage of the Boulder World Cup and, in fact, his worst result during the five last World Cups is #2 place. Last year, the 20 year old Japanese was #30 and he started out 2016 being #18 and #15. 1. Tomoa Narasaki JPN 465 - Shauna Coxsey GBR 560 2. Kokoro Fujii JPN 395 - Miho Nonaka JPN 460 3. Alexey Rubtsov RUS 372 - Melissa Le Neve FRA 368 4. Jongwon Chon KOR 342 - Akiyo Noguchi JPN 352 5. Rustam Gelmanov RUS 270 - Monika Retschy GER 236 Shauna Coxsey's worst result out of six events was #2. Last four years she has been 2 - 2 - 4 - 3.

1. Tomoa Narasaki JPN 4t6 4b5 - Miho Nonaka JPN 3t7 4b8 2. Jongwon Chon KOR 3t5 3b3 - Shauna Coxsey GBR 2t2 3b3 3. Alexey Rubtsov RUS 2t2 3b8 - Akiyo Noguchi JPN 2t2 3b3 Complete results

A record number of 241 athletes are scheduled to compete in the seventh and last stage of the Boulder World Cup 2016, which can be compared with 210 last year. By checking the overall standings, not counting the worst result, we already now that Shauna Coxsey has secured the overall title. Among the male, Alexey can still win if he wins the last event, Narasaki is #7 or worse and and Fujii is #5 or worse. 1. Shauna Coxsey 480 GBR - Tomoa Narasaki 362 JPN 2. Miho Nonaka 346 JPN - Kokoro Fujii 355 JPN 3. Melissa Le Neve 313 FRA - Alexey Rubtsov 307 RUS 4. Akiyo Noguchi 259 JPN - Rustam Gelmanov 267 RUS 5. Monika Retschy 229 GER - Jongwon Chon 264 KOR

From the qualification we can see that Alban Levier, Alexey Rubtsov, Shauna Coxsey, Melissa Le Neve, Evgeniya Lapshina, Clementine Kaiser and Miho Nonaka onsighted all five problems. Some high ranked, such as Monika Retschy, Tsukuru Hori, Jan Hojer and Rustam Gelmanov, failed to qualify to the Top-20. (c) Eddie Fowke The record number of participants made the male isolation open at 6.30 and close at 7.30. The first guy out started at 8.00 meanwhile the last one out had to spend more than six hours in iso before competing. Live streaming starts at 11.30 GMT+2. The finals start at 18.30.

Jan hojer and Michaela Kiersch have won the 2016 Psiobloc masters, where 16 male and female battled head to head. In fact, both Jan and Michaela won first the qualification and then took down all opponents on the 8a respectively 8b routes and in the final; it was like two photo finishes on the 17 meter wall. It is interesting that Jan was #2 in the Boulder World Cup last year and the runner-up, Nathaniel Coleman, was #4. Michaela did an 8b+ on her second go just few days after her victory. In the 4 hours video there were also some Olympic discussions. (c) Steve Rokks

Laura Rogora, who did her first 9a this spring being 14 years old, has done a fast ascent of the classic Wallstreet 8c in Frankenjura. As a preparation, she competed in the European Bouldering Championship last weekend and was #2. - I can't believe it!!!! On my second day here Frankenjura, despite the rain, I was able to send my little project: Wallstreet 8c in only 6 tries. Climbing this historical and beautiful line was amazing!

Mathieu Bouyoud has done a FA extension of Big Bang in La Balme after six weeks of effort. It is the 9th route of the 9th grade at the crag and it is completely natural. Source: Fanatic Climbing

Erik Grandelius, who previously has done two 8c+'s and an 8c (+) FA in Flatanger, has done the second ascent of Adam Ondra's Witchhammer 9a in Flatanger. /c) Erik Massih "I needed some three weeks to do Witchhammer which can be compared with three days for my last 9a. After one week I fell at the last crux but later I did worse as I got worn out doing too many tries on the steep route. Even if I climbed pretty fast in between the good rests, it took 30 - 40 minutes. After a second depressive week I left Flatanger and returned two weeks later with a new strategy to just go for one push every other day. After some days with 30 degrees I did it on the first day with good condition in poring rain. Overall it was a rather painfull but instructive process but I can not understand guys who likes trying a route for more than a week in a row."