Double Japanese victory in China

1. Akiyo Noguchi 44 JPN - Kokoro Fujii 33 JPN 2. Miho Nonaka 33 JPN - Sean McColl 23:2 CAN 3. Stasa Gejo SRB 13 - Alexey Rubtsov 23:5 RUS Complete results (In order to simplify, 8a presents the results as points and if needed the number of attempts.) Japan was ahead in Chongqing and that counts especially among the female where Akiyo Noguchi and Miho Nonaka were superior also in the semifinal. Kokoro Fujii was last one into the final and won in a kind of boring final with one problem too hard and one too easy. It must be mentioned that #1 and #2 in the female WC in 2017, Janja Garnbret and Shauna Coxey, as well as #1 among the male, Jongwon Chon did choose to not participate. Chon will be back next weekend in Tai'an. In the Speed, Mickael Mawem was best among the top boulder guys with 6.81. Kokoro Fujii was fourth with 7.83 as his best in the qually just some 90 min before he started the boulder final. It should be noted that Sean McColl who has been doing Speed events for several years had more than ten boulder specialists in front of him. Among the female, only a handful boulder specialist participated and Akiyo Noguchi was best of the top boulderers with 12.43.