16 February 2020

Wheel of Fortune 8B by Alex Puccio

Alex Puccio, runner-up in the World Championship in 2014, has done her 31st 8B, Wheel of Fortune in Clear Creek Canyon. (c) Robin O'Leary In total, the 30-year-old has done close to 200 boulders 8A to 8B+, meaning she has the best female ticklist out there, in spite of having had several injuries. In 2015, she required surgery to repair the torn ACL, MCL, and meniscus ligaments in her left knee. One year later she underwent a spinal fusion surgery. Both injuries she got during the Vail Boulder WC. Last year, she had to do another ACL knee surgery. In spite of all these surgeries, she has made the WC podium 14 times. In total, the 153 cm tall has done 37 World Cups and made it Top-10 all but once. She won her first in 2009 (Vail) and the last in 2018 (Vail) which also was the last WC she entered.
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