Rustam Gelmanov, WC winner in 2012, won the great event in Kazo with excellent route setting and commentary. The big sensation was that the 20-year-old Michael Piccolruaz, who was #45 in the first event, got the silver after being #17 in the qually and second last into the semifinal. Interesting is also that nobody from the Top-8 in the first event made it to the final in Kazo. 1. Rustam Gelmanov RUS 3t3 4b4 2. Michael Piccolruaz ITA 2t2 4b8 3. Kokoro Fujii JAP 2t4 3b6 Complete results

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Alex Megos has had some extremely productive days in Sweden. First he established the hardest graded problem in Sweden, Jon Assis 8B/+ in Focksta and did a handful of 8A's and harder. The last 2.5 days he has spent in Västervik where he has been amazed of the high quality of rock. In Västervik, he did 16 boulders 8A and harder including five 8B's. (c) Daniela Ebler

Jongwon Chon, who won the World Cup 2015, did not qualify for the Top-20 semifinal in the WC in Kazo in Japan. The same goes for Jorg Verhoeven, who was #3 in the first WC 2016. On the other hand, four relatively unknown Japanese boulderes made it. The semifinal starts at 2.30 Euro time. (c) Eddie Fowke

Gimme Kraft History Channel: Ben Moon & Jerry Moffatt training for 8c+ from cafekraft on Vimeo.

Kraft Talk with Jerry_Moffatt: ”Power is a quality thing.“ from cafekraft on Vimeo.

Previously, Chris Sharma has said that the Combined format suggested by IFSC for the Olympics "is a big shame".

Dave Macleod's blog from his ascent of Shallow Water from Riverbed 8B+ in Magic Woods.

Shallow Water to Riverbed 8B+ from Dave MacLeod on Vimeo.

TOYWRLD from Float Faction on Vimeo.