15 May 2016

Japan dominates in India

The first Boulder Would Cup in Mumbai, India, was a great show with extremely good results for Japan. Beside gaining two golds and getting another two medals, they had another three male in the Top-9. Semi results in brackets once again indicate upside-down result in the final in comparison with the semifinal. (c) Shinji Mizumura 1. Fuji Kokoro (5) JPN - Miho Nonaka (3) JPN 2. Tomoa Narasak (3) JPN - Monika Retschy (5) GER 3. Alexey Rubtsov (6) RUS - Akiyo Noguchi (2) JPN Complete results Interesting is also that runner-up Monika Retschy was second last in both the semifinal and the final as well before the last boulder which she onsighted. The two winners of the semifinal, Jongwon Chon and Sol Sa, were #4 and #5 in the final. This confirms that it seems more difficult to start last in the final.
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