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Watabe and Coxsey win in Nanjing
1. Keita Watabe JPN - Shauna Coxey GBR 2. Tomoa Narasaki JPN - Janja Garnbret SLO 3. Jernej Kruder SLO - Miho Nonaka JPN Complete results Excellent final with great route setting but some incidents. In the first boulder, Keita reached the top with the first hand one second before timing out but the judge gave OK for having matched and controlled in just split seconds. Even the commentators were not sure as it had previously been said that you needed "control the final hold for three seconds". The picture shows Keita just before the big cross over move and then he matched with his left hand on top. Split seconds later he got the control by the judge. Based on that the clock actually shows 2 seconds, when it is between 1 and 2 seconds left, we can conclude that Keita actually just controlled it for few split seconds before he got the ok by the judge. Further more, as in Chongqing, one topped and matched on the last volume but this was not good enough as the top hold was just a small micro. The last major incidents, besides a minor starting mistake, was that the clock stopped for Mei Kotake when only 12 seconds remained. After a small pause she was given 2 min more but could not get close to the top.

1. WATABE Keita 220 - COXSEY Shauna 280 2. CHON Jongwon 183 - GARNBRET Janja 227 3. NARASAKI Tomoa 169 - NONAKA Miho 167 4. FUJII Kokoro 166 - GEJO Stasa 136 5. RUBTSOV Aleksei 152 - KLINGLER Petra 131 Complete results

Almost 250 teenagers competed in the European Boulder Cup in Graz which was a new all time record number of participants. Austria, France and, to some extent, also Italy dominated and in fact, just these three countries won all Golds and got 13 out of the 18 medals. 97: Florian Klingler AUT - Laura Stรถckler AUT 99: Sam Avezou FRA - Sandra Lettner AUT 01: David Marco Colombo ITA - Luce Douady FRA Complete results

30 April 2017

Nanjing Highlights

9a+ FA by Stefano Ghisolfi
Stefano Ghisolfi has did his ninth 9a+ by the FA of One Punch in Arco. Last year, the 24 year old Italian was #4 in the Lead World Cup after having one event. (c) Vertical Eye - Matteo Pavana. "Ten days of work, my hardest 9a+ so far, I think could be close to 9b. Second hardest route in Arco! Belayed by Adam!"

Hรฉtvรฉgรฉn lezajlott a kรญnai boulder vilรกgkupafutam. Felpรถrรถgtek az esemรฉnyek, rรกadรกsul szรกmos รฉrdekessรฉg is รถvezi ezt a sorozatot. Kรญnai ha durrant, az mindig nagyot szรณl. ลk nem lacafacรกztak: megpรกlyรกztak kรฉt boulder vilรกgkupa rendezรฉst is (egy hรฉt kรผlรถnbsรฉggel), meg is kaptรกk - รฉs meg is tudtak felelni a kikรถtรฉsnek: Idรฉn a tรถrtรฉnelem sorรกn elล‘szรถr Kรญnai is kรฉpes volt รฉlล‘ben youtube kรถzvetรญtรฉst kรฉszรญteni! Vรฉgre... ezt is megรฉrtรผk. A hรฉten szombaton pedig jรถhet a Japรกn fordulรณ. Aztรกn egy hosszabb szรผnet รฉs jรบnius vรฉgรฉn fogunk majd รบjra รzsiรกba kalandozni az indiai boulder WC kรถvi fordulรณjรกra. Az erล‘viszonyok kezdenek megmutatkozni, mรญg csajoknรกl egyรฉrtelmลฑ Shauna รฉs Janja pรกrharc lesz az รถsszesรญtett gyล‘zelemรฉrt, addig a fiรบknรกl nem lehetne egyรฉrtelmลฑen megรกllapรญtani. A japรกn Watabe idรฉn eddig vezeti a ranglistรกt (3.,4.,1. helyezรฉsek), ล‘t kรถveti a koreai Chon (12.,1.,4. helyezรฉsek), harmadik Narasaki (21.,2.,2.helyezรฉsek) รฉs ne feledkezzรผnk meg a mosolygรณs Fujii-rรณl sem (1., 9., 11. helyezรฉsek.) Eurรณpai oldalrรณl pedig Jernej Kruder (11.,5.,3. helyezรฉsek) รฉs David Firnenburg (6.,10.,8. helyezรฉsek) a legjelentล‘sebb versenyzล‘k. 1. Keita Watabe JPN - Shauna Coxey GBR 2. Tomoa Narasaki JPN - Janja Garnbret SLO 3. Jernej Kruder SLO - Miho Nonaka JPN

Ueli Steck zomrel pri nehode na Mt. Nuptse
The Himalayan Times prichรกdzajรบ so smutnou sprรกvou, ลพe "ล vajฤiarska Maลกina", Ueli Steck, zomrel pri pรกde na Mt. Nuptse neฤaleko Mt. Everestu. Toto bol poslednรฝ post, ktorรฝ pridal na svoju Facebookovรบ strรกnku. "Rรฝchly deลˆ z Basecampu do 7000m a naspรคลฅ. Milujem to, toto miesto je parรกdne. Stรกle verรญm v aktรญvnu aklimatizรกciu. Je to omnoho efektรญvnejลกie ako prespรกvaลฅ vo veฤพkรฝch vรฝลกkach!" Ueli bol znรกmy svojimi rรฝchlymi prelezmi v horรกch po celom svete, mnohokrรกt sรณlo. Tentokrรกt bolo jeho plรกnom zdolaลฅ Mt. Everest nikdy nezopakovanรฝm zรกpadnรฝm hrebeลˆom/Hornbeinovรฝm kuloรกrom bez kyslรญka. Pozn. prekl: Ueli mal ฤalej v plรกne traverzovaลฅ na Lhotse.

Watabe a Coxsey vรญลฅazmi kola svetovรฉho pohรกra v Nanjingu
1. Keita Watabe JPN - Shauna Coxey GBR 2. Tomoa Narasaki JPN - Janja Garnbret SLO 3. Jernej Kruder SLO - Miho Nonaka JPN Kompletnรฉ vรฝsledky Excelentnรฉ finรกle, parรกdne postavenรฉ bouldre, no neobiลกlo sa to bez niekoฤพkรฝch incidentov. V prvom bouldri chytil Keita Watabe top jednou rukou sekundu pred koncom ฤasomiery, no rozhodca dal OK napriek tomu, ลพe top kontroloval len na zlomok sekundy. Ani komentรกtori si neboli istรญ, ako sa k situรกcii postaviลฅ, keฤลพe predchรกdzajรบce informรกcie zneli: "pretekรกr musรญ kontrolovaลฅ chyลฅ tri sekundy". Na obrรกzku je Keita pred zรกvereฤnรฝm krรญลพom do topu, po ลˆom uลพ len priloลพil ฤพavรบ ruku na vrch ลกtruktรบry. Len pรกr okamihov pred tรฝm dostal od rozhodcu OK. ฤŒasomiera ukazuje 2 sekundy do konca, v realite to bolo niekde medzi 1 a 2 sekundami, z ฤoho vieme usรบdiลฅ, ลพe Keita kontrolovaลฅ top len na zlomok sekundy a napriek tomu dostal od rozhodcu OK. Navyลกe, tak ako v Chonggingu, bolo pri jednom z bouldrov treba podrลพaลฅ malรฝ chyt na ลกtruktรบre a veฤพa pretekรกrov si to neuvedomilo a drลพali len ลกtruktรบru, mysliac si, ลพe majรบ top. Poslednรฝ vรคฤลกรญ incident, nerรกtajรบc menลกie problรฉmy pri ลกtarte, bolo zastavenie ฤasomiery poฤas pokusu Mei Kotake, keฤ mala do konca pokusu eลกte 12 sekรบnd. Po krรกtkej prestรกvke dostala dodatoฤnรฉ dve minรบty, no nedokรกzala sa dostaลฅ do blรญzkosti topu.

Action Directe 9a by Simon Lorenzi
Climb2Climb reports that Simon Lorenzi, Lead Youth World Champion and winner of one Euro Cup in bouldering, has done his first 9a, Action Directe in Frankenjura. In total, the Belgian needed eleven days over three visits, in addition to some specific training. So why did you choose AD as your first 9a and what is the ambition for 2017? I choose Action Directe because I love Frankenjura. It's my style, the place is so historic and is the most famous 9a in the world. It is not far away from Belgium, just 5 hours from my home. This year, I will do the world cup in Lead and I hope to make many semi finals. Action Directe was put up in 1991 and has after being upgraded around 1995 been considered the first 9a until last year, when Hubble from Ben Moon in 1990 was proposed to be upgraded.