25 June 2017

Chon and Coxsey win in India

Jongwon Chon and Shauna Coxsey won the Boulder World Cup in India which was their second victory in a row. They both also won the semifinal and had secured their gold before they did the last boulder just before the 4 minutes so the event finished in the best way possible. 1. Shauna Coxsey GBR - Jongwon Chon KOR 2. Miho Nonaka JPN - Rei Sugimoto JPN 3. Akiyo Noguchi JPN - Alexey Rubtsov RUS Complete results The Japanese domination continued overall and five out of the Top-8 male respectively three out of the Top-5 were Japanese.
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