26 August 2017

Schubert and Kim wins anti-climax show in Arco

Jakob Schubert won even he was timed out in Arco but kept climbing a couple of moves. He thought he had not climbed so well and was just happy to have made it to the finals and that some guys should climb way above him. The second last out was Adam Ondra, who found a no-hands rest, and had two minutes left and was actually shaking out in an undercling on a big volume. Suddenly he could not hold the volume at all and fell going to the next hold. Last out was Alex Megos, who did fall early in a sideway dyno and the show finished in an anti-climax like for the female. Jain Kim, who won the overall World Cup 2013 - 2015, took her first victory in almost two years. As a matter of a fact, she was timed out and looked liked she could have continued towards the top saving the skin of the route setters. As in the semifinal, most athletes actually fell within two moves not creating the great finish of the competition. In the great IFSC live-streaming, Adam said that he had never competed in such bad conditions, complaining about the humidity. He explained that the reason why he could not hold the undercling was because he was sweating so much on his forearm that he finally could not hold it. 1. Jakob Schubert AUT 39 2. Adam Ondra CZE 38+ 3. Max Rudigier AUT 38+ 4. Yoshiyuki Ogata JPN 34+ 5. Keiichoro Korenaga JPN 33+ 1. Jain Kim KOR 39 2. Ann-Sophie Koller SUI 38 3. Janja Garnbret SLO 32+ 4. Julia Chanourdie FRA 32+ 5. Ashima Shiraishi USA 32+ Complete results
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