30 April 2019

Manuel Cornu and Janja Garnbret win in China

Janja Garnbret, the Boulder WCH in 2018, got her fifth straight Boulder WC victory in Chongqing by winning all three rounds. Among the male, Manuel Cornu, #3 in the WCH in 2016, got his first WC win but it was a very close call as he won over Tomoa Narasaki with just one attempt to the zone. Further more, Tomoa made a false start on boulder #3. Add to that, Manuel was the last guy to qualify to the semifinal Top-20 by one attempt to the top. Adam Ondra still leads the WC even if he could not compete in China due to being sick. 1. Janja Garnbret SLO 44 - Manuel Cornu FRA 34 2. Akiyo Noguchi JPN 44 - Tomoa Narasaki JPN 34 3. Jessica Pilz AUT 34 - Anze Peharc SLO 34 Complete results
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