14 April 2012

Noguchi & Schubert win first WC

1. Jakob Schubert 2t2 3b6 - Akiyo Noguchi 2t2 2b2 2. Guigui Mondet 2t5 4b4 - Anna Stรถhr 2t6 3b5 3. Rustam Gelmanov 1t3 4b4 - Jain Kim 1t2 3b4 Complete results & Starting list for next weekend in Slovenia. Last year Jakob was #2 in the first Boulder World Cup and later he won the Lead title by winning the first six events. This year the 21 year old plans to do the whole serie. Akiyo was #2 in 2001 after having won overall the two previous years. It could also be mentioned that Cecile Avezou (40) was fifth. She started doing WC's in 1993 and she has twice been the Euro Speed Champion.
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