1 WATABE Keita - GARNBRET Janja 2 CHON Jongwon - KOTAKE Mei 3 CORNU Manuel - NONAKA Mio 4 KRUDER Jernej - COXSEY Shauna 5 SUGIMOTO Rei - ONOE Aya 6 NARASAKI Tomoa - KIM Kain Complete results Interestingly, out of the first six males and females in the qualification, only Shauna and Tomoa (WC winners 2016) and Keita made it to the final. The commentators said that worse conditions in the semi compared to the qualification could possibly be the reason this.

Iuliia Kapliva from Russia and Reza Alipourshena from Iran set new world records by 7.38 respective to 5.48, winning the third stage of the Speed World Cup in Nanjing in China. Out of the Boulderers, Sean McColl was best #32 with 8.74. You had to do 6.53 to make it into the Top-16. Other than that, the problem with false start and slipping continues and almost 50 % of the time in the finals, the winner is not decided by who is the fastest. The solution for this could be that if you make a false start, you get a penalty of 0.5 seconds but at least there will be a battle. Imagine the world championship or the Olympics viewers watching just one climber jogging the route at the same time the opponent stands super frustrated below. In regards the slipping, the easiest idea is to add more foot holds and to possibly make some bigger. Complete results.

The Himalayan Times reports that the "Swiss Machine", was killed in an accident on Mount Everest. This was his last post on his Facebook page. "Quick Day from Basecamp up to 7000m and back. I love it; it's such a great place here. I still believe in active acclimatization. This is way more effective then spending Nights up at Altitude!" Ueli was known for speed climbing big mountains often solo all over the world. His plan this time was to climb Mt Everest by never repeated West Ridge/Hornbein Couloir route without using supplemental oxygen.

1. Keita Watabe JPN - Shauna Coxey GBR 2. Tomoa Narasaki JPN - Janja Garnbret SLO 3. Jernej Kruder SLO - Miho Nonaka JPN Complete results Excellent final with great route setting but some incidents. In the first boulder, Keita reached the top with the first hand one second before timing out but the judge gave OK for having matched and controlled in just split seconds. Even the commentators were not sure as it had previously been said that you needed "control the final hold for three seconds". The picture shows Keita just before the big cross over move and then he matched with his left hand on top. Split seconds later he got the control by the judge. Based on that the clock actually shows 2 seconds, when it is between 1 and 2 seconds left, we can conclude that Keita actually just controlled it for few split seconds before he got the ok by the judge. Further more, as in Chongqing, one topped and matched on the last volume but this was not good enough as the top hold was just a small micro. The last major incidents, besides a minor starting mistake, was that the clock stopped for Mei Kotake when only 12 seconds remained. After a small pause she was given 2 min more but could not get close to the top.

1. WATABE Keita 220 - COXSEY Shauna 280 2. CHON Jongwon 183 - GARNBRET Janja 227 3. NARASAKI Tomoa 169 - NONAKA Miho 167 4. FUJII Kokoro 166 - GEJO Stasa 136 5. RUBTSOV Aleksei 152 - KLINGLER Petra 131 Complete results

Almost 250 teenagers competed in the European Boulder Cup in Graz which was a new all time record number of participants. Austria, France and, to some extent, also Italy dominated and in fact, just these three countries won all Golds and got 13 out of the 18 medals. 97: Florian Klingler AUT - Laura Stöckler AUT 99: Sam Avezou FRA - Sandra Lettner AUT 01: David Marco Colombo ITA - Luce Douady FRA Complete results

Stefano Ghisolfi has did his ninth 9a+ by the FA of One Punch in Arco. Last year, the 24 year old Italian was #4 in the Lead World Cup after having one event. (c) Vertical Eye - Matteo Pavana. "Ten days of work, my hardest 9a+ so far, I think could be close to 9b. Second hardest route in Arco! Belayed by Adam!"

Hétvégén lezajlott a kínai boulder világkupafutam. Felpörögtek az események, ráadásul számos érdekesség is övezi ezt a sorozatot. Kínai ha durrant, az mindig nagyot szól. Ők nem lacafacáztak: megpályáztak két boulder világkupa rendezést is (egy hét különbséggel), meg is kapták - és meg is tudtak felelni a kikötésnek: Idén a történelem során először Kínai is képes volt élőben youtube közvetítést készíteni! Végre... ezt is megértük. A héten szombaton pedig jöhet a Japán forduló. Aztán egy hosszabb szünet és június végén fogunk majd újra Ázsiába kalandozni az indiai boulder WC kövi fordulójára. Az erőviszonyok kezdenek megmutatkozni, míg csajoknál egyértelmű Shauna és Janja párharc lesz az összesített győzelemért, addig a fiúknál nem lehetne egyértelműen megállapítani. A japán Watabe idén eddig vezeti a ranglistát (3.,4.,1. helyezések), őt követi a koreai Chon (12.,1.,4. helyezések), harmadik Narasaki (21.,2.,2.helyezések) és ne feledkezzünk meg a mosolygós Fujii-ról sem (1., 9., 11. helyezések.) Európai oldalról pedig Jernej Kruder (11.,5.,3. helyezések) és David Firnenburg (6.,10.,8. helyezések) a legjelentősebb versenyzők. 1. Keita Watabe JPN - Shauna Coxey GBR 2. Tomoa Narasaki JPN - Janja Garnbret SLO 3. Jernej Kruder SLO - Miho Nonaka JPN