12 September 2023

Sorato Anraku wins the WC overall also in Lead

Sorato Anraku, 16, the Boulder World Cup winner in 2023, has secured the overall Lead World Cup title by being 4 - 6 - 3 - 1 - 1 in the first five events. Japan is having their best year ever with six males among the Top-10 and none of them have failed to qualify for the semifinal in any event. Here are the standings before Wujiang in China, the following weekend, counting all but one event.

1. Sorato Anraku JPN 3 300
2. Alex Megos GER 2 695
3. Toby Roberts GBR 2 200
4. Satone Yoshida JPN 1 810
5. Taisei Homma JPN 1 775
Complete results

If Alex wins the last event he will reach 3 695 points but Sorato already has 3 795 points counting five events. (c) IFSC
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