Meiringen - Increased Japanese domination?

The Boulderingen World Cup starts this Friday in Meiringen in Switzerland with a record number of competitors, 109 male and 102 female. Two years ago, 84 male and 59 female participated! With 12 male Japanese competing, it just might be that almost half of the semifinalist are from Japan and here is our speculation of the final result. Runner-ups could be Alex Megos and Alexei Rubtsov respectively Stasa Gejo and Alma Bestwater. Last year winner Shauna Coxey has been injured and thus not ranked #1. 1. Janja Garnbret - Jongwon Chon 2. Japanese - Japanese 3. Japanese - Japanese 4. Shauna Coxey - Japanese 5. Japanese - Japanese 6. Fanny Gibert - Jan Hojer With the new rule, giving higher priority for zones, it just might be that zones will be placed a bit higher which, on the other hand, many will score zero. It should also be mentioned that meanwhile Janja and Shauna have finished their qualification 17.30, the last females out will finish around 21.00. The different resting periods might have an impact during the semifinal starting at 11.00, which will be live-streamed and that goes also for the finals starting 18.45 for the female and 20.00 for the male.