28 December 2014

Mélanie Sandoz does 8A and aims to win the Euro Championship

Melanie Sandozhas done her fifth 8A, Verdict in Fontainebleau on her fourth session on it. "I want to go back on Verdict to work the moves because I never done the first move and it's the most difficult. After 45min, I have done all the moves. And 4-5 tries later, I send the boulder." The Frenchwomen has the most remarkable competition stats ever. During 38 boulder WCs, her best result has been #6 but in 2012, she become the world champion and in 2013, she was #3 in the Euro Championship. "Last year was difficult for me. I made a lot of change in my training this year and it's really good for me. I want to come back at the top level in world competition. My principal goal this year is the european championship. At the World Championship in 2012, I was an outsider. I trained a lot the months before and just thought of this comp. My objective was to qualify to the final. In final, it was easier to climb first. My trainer is Ludovic Laurence. Generally, I train with him and with Guillaume. I stop to train at the French Camp, I train at the gym in Paris so I climb with more people than last year. I train 5-6 times of climbing + 3-4 times of musculation or pan Gullich + Running (1 time). The last 3 years, I have climbed 10-15 days per year and 5 days in Magic Wood (in 2012 and 2013). This year, I would like to climb more outside. I will go to climb in Bishop and Red Rocks in January for 15 days. And I plan to go in Rocklands in July.
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