27 December 2012

Five countries dominate the WC

The Combined Lead and Boulder World Cup Rankings reveal that it is five countries that dominates the scene and it is also just these countries that participates with big teams in the comps. It is also the same five countries plus Spain that have had succesful teams the last ten years. 3 249 Austria: 1 942 + 1 307 (Lead + Boulder) 2 891 France: 1 746 + 1 145 2 642 Japan: 1 688 + 954 2 221 Russia: 1 023 + 1 198 1 954 Slovenia: 1 376 + 578 1 482 Korea, 1 089 Germany, 781 Canada (McColl) 741 Netherlands (Verhoeven) 662 Spain (Ramonet) 660 Italy, UK 625, 603 USA
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