All Japan podium at Morioka Combined WC

1. Tomoa Narasaki JPN 84.3 + 72.1 = 156.4
2. Yoshiyuki Ogata JPN 54.4 + 84.0 = 138.4
3. Kokoro Fujii JPN 68.6 + 64= 132.6
Complete results

Tomoa Narasaki won the very first Boulder and Lead World Cup, getting 18 points more than Yoshiyuki Ogata also from Japan. Placing third was Kokoro Fujii and in total the Japanese team had five at the Top-7. All in all, the route setting and new calculation played out well for Paul Jenft winning the Boulder round with 84.7 points and Ogata winning Lead with 84.0 points.

“It’s been definitely a tough round, but I’m glad I have won the first-ever World Cup medal in this format,” said Narasaki to IFSC. “To be honest, this morning I didn’t really feel like having two rounds on the same day, but I kept my focus and gave my best.” (c) Lena Drapella

In practice, this means that Ogata was four moves from the top and that Jenft needed seven attempts to make 3 Tops and 4 High Zones. It should be noted that a new point system was tested and the only difference with the old system, used in the Euro Championship, would have been that Yannick Flohé would have taken Jeft's #4 position.