7 May 2022

Japan dominate in Seoul

Japan had nine men competing in the qualification round of the Boulder WC in Seoul and eight qualified for the semi-final. The lowest ranking of the nine placeded 21st, thus missing the semi by just one spot. Tomoa Narasaki was #10 and had five others from Japan in front of him. France had three men qualify in the Top-6 and a handful of stars like Adam Ondra and Jakob Schubert chose to not travel to Seoul and take part. Complete results
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In the absence of Janja Garnbret, Natalia Grossman won the qualification ahead of Stasa Gejo, Camilla Moroni and Oriane Bertone. The big names that did not make it to the Top-20 semifinal were; Fanny Gibert, Chaehyun Seo and Mia Krampl. Complete results
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