11 September 2022

Grupper ahead, counting all but one event

Here is the ranking counting five out of six events in the Lead World Cup. The last event will take place in Jakarta on 24-26/9.

1. Jesse Grupper USA 3 532
2. Taisei Homma JPN 3 485
3. Luka Potocar SLO 3 405 Complete results

Yannick Flohé from Germany is fourth with 2 910 points although not competing in Edinburgh. He has said that he will not do more WCs in 2022 and instead he has traveled to Magic Woods for bouldering. Colin Duffy from the USA is #5 with 2 845 points and in theory, he could also win although having skipped the event in Koper last weekend.
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