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Melissa Le Nevรฉ: 8B+ vo Fontainebleau
Melissa Le Nevรฉ, bรฝvalรก รบspeลกnรก pretekรกrka svetovรฉho pohรกra (minulรฝ rok skonฤila na treลฅom mieste), oznรกmila na svojom Instagrame prelez svojho prvรฉho 8B+, Mรฉcanique ร‰lรฉmentaire vo Fontainebleau. (c) Fabian Buhl "Dnes sa mi podarilo preliezลฅ mรดj papierovo najลฅaลพลกรญ boulder, ktorรฝ bol vรฝzvou hlavne kvรดli dlhรฝm krokom a po psychickej strรกnke! Po niekoฤพkรฝch pรกdoch v poslednom kroku som sa koneฤne mohla postaviลฅ na vrchol "Mecanique Elementaire" 8b+."

8B+ in Font by Melissa Le Nevรฉ
Melissa Le Nevรฉ, the retired World Cup climber who was #3 in the Boulder WC last year, reports on Instagram that she has done her first 8B+, Mรฉcanique ร‰lรฉmentaire in Fontainebleau. (c) Fabian Buhl "Today I was able to send my hardest climb on the paper but mostly my hardest challenge in terms of reachy moves and mental side! After falling a while on the very last move I finally could stand on the top of "Mecanique Elementaire" 8b+."

Megos & Le Neve win CWIF through rock climbing preparation
Melissa Le Neve, who retired from the WC scene last year being #3 overall, prepared for the CWIF 2017 by doing her first 8B+ in Fontainebleau. That worked out pretty nice as she was the only competitor to flash three problems. So why not go to Font again and try the first WC in Switzerland in three weeks? Alex Megos, who won CWIF also in 2015, has been climbing just easy the last two months due to an inflammation. Three days ago, the German said on Instagram, "I'll be at the CWIF again this weekend but unfortunately won't be able to compete due to a finger injury." He tried anyhow but after the semi he wrote, "Will see if I'll be able to climb tomorrow in semis. Depends how much my finger will be swollen..." In the semi, he did not make good progress on the first three boulders but managed to do the last slab. In the final it was actually the same story again but this time the slab was the third boulder. Runner-ups were Petra Klingler and Jongwon Chon and thirds were Michaela Tracy and Michael Piccolruaz. (c) Eddie Fowke

IFSC sa rozhodlo, ลพe do olympijskรฉho finรกle postรบpi Top 6 pretekรกrov. "Pre preteky na rรฝchlosลฅ platรญ koncept "Lucky Loser" (7. a 8. v poradรญ postรบpia do finรกle, kde bude dokopy 8 pretekรกrov), keฤลพe pri poฤte ลกiestich nie je moลพnรฉ urฤite jasnรฉho vรญลฅaza formou duelu, ako je to zvykom." Keฤลพe tรญto "lucky lรบzri" nemajรบ ฤo zรญskaลฅ, mohol by tento systรฉm priniesลฅ do sรบลฅaลพe dilemu, lebo viacerรญ z pretekรกrov sรบ kamarรกtmi. Mรดลพe sa takisto staลฅ, ลพe pretekรกr sรบลฅaลพiaci proti kamoลกovi, ktorรฝ mรดลพe vo finรกle zรญskaลฅ medailu, nedรก do vรฝkonu 100%. ฤŽalลกou dilemou je fakt, ลพe pokiaฤพ sa takรฝto pretekรกr dostane do semifinรกle ฤi boja o bronz, je pre divรกkov zรกvod omnoho menej atraktรญvny. V podstate by pre Top-6 finalistov bolo rozumnejลกie รญsลฅ trochu pomalลกie, aby uลกetrili energiu. (Predpokladรกme, ลพe vรฝsledok kombinovanรฉho rebrรญฤka bude zaloลพenรฝ na vรฝsledkoch Top-6 pretekรกrov). Predstavte si, ako zvlรกลกtne by bolo pre kaลพdรฉho z dvanรกstich finalistov, stovky komentรกtorov a desiatky miliรณnov divรกkov sledovaลฅ olympijskรฉ finรกle lezenia na rรฝchlosลฅ, v ktorom finalisti nejdรบ na 100%. Jednoduchรฝm rieลกenรญm je maลฅ v kaลพdom finรกle osem pretekรกrov. Alternatรญvou je maลฅ tri lรญnie pretekรกrov na rรฝchlosลฅ, z ktorรฝch sa dvaja najrรฝchlejลกรญ kvalifikujรบ do semifinรกle.

19 March 2017

CWIF live 19.10

Megos & Le Neve vyhrali CWIF vฤaka prรญprave na skalรกch
Melissa Le Neve opustila okruh svetovรฉho pohรกra minulรฝ rok ako bronzovรก a na CWIF sa pripravila prelezom jej prvรฉho 8B+ vo Fontainebleau. Zdรก sa, ลพe to bolo veฤพmi dobrรฉ, keฤลพe bola jedinou pretekรกrou, ktorรก flashla tri bouldre. Preฤo teda neskรบsiลฅ รญsลฅ do Fontรกฤa a o tri tรฝลพdne sa zรบฤastniลฅ prvรฉho kola svetovรฉho pohรกra vo ล vajฤiarsku? Vรญลฅaz CWIF 2015, Alex Megos, liezol poslednรฉ dva mesiace zฤพahka kvรดli zรกpalu. Pred tromi dลˆami na Instagrame povedal: "Tento tรฝลพdeลˆ budem na CWIF, ale naneลกลฅastie nemรดลพem kvรดli zraneniu prsta sรบลฅaลพiลฅ." Napriek tomu to vyskรบลกal a po kvalifikรกcii napรญsal: "Uvidรญme, ฤi budem mรดcลฅ zajtra v semifinรกle liezลฅ. Zรกleลพรญ na tom, ako moc mi napuchne prst..." V semifinรกle sa mu v prvรฝch troch bouldroch moc nedarilo, no vyliezol poslednรฝ poloลพenรฝ problรฉm, a podobne tomu bolo aj vo finรกle, kde bol poloลพenรฝ tretรญ boulder, a nakoniec sรบลฅaลพ vyhral. Druhรญ boli Petra Klingler a Jongwon Chon, tretรญ Michaela Tracy a Michael Piccolruaz. (c) Eddie Fowke

IFSC have decided that only the Top-6 will qualify to be in the finals in the Olympics. "For the Speed Final the concept of โ€œLucky loserโ€ (7ยฐ and 8ยฐ ranked Athletes in the 1/8th finals) applies, as a quota of 6 does not allow the duel system." As the "Lucky Loser" has nothing to win, this system could create a sportsmanship dilemma as many of the athletes are friends. It might just be that the "Lucky Loser" competing against a good friend, who could get a medal, will not give 100 %. Further more, if a "Lucky Loser" makes it to the final or bronze final, such a run is of no interest for the competition. In fact, it would actually be smarter for a Top-6 finalist to go a bit slow in order to save energy. (We assume that the Combined ranking will only be based on the results of the Top-6.) Imagine how strange it would be for any of the 12 finalists, a hundred commentators and tens of millions of spectators to follow such a Olympic Speed final, where some athletes will not go 100 %. The simple solution for this is to include Top-8 to the final. Alternatively, have three lanes of Speed routes, where the two fastest qualify to the semifinals.

Vรฝstava tรฝch najkrajลกรญch miest na lezenie
"Lezeckรฉ zรกhrady sveta" (Climbing Garden of the World) je exhibรญcia zameranรก na predstavenie lezeckรฝch oblastรญ po celej planรฉte. Vertical-Life uvedรบ tรบto jedineฤnรบ show spolu so svojim partnerom Leitner ropeways na prestรญลพnom IGA zรกhradnรญckom veฤพtrhu v Berlรญne (13. Aprรญl- 15. Oktรณber). Celรก vรฝstava sa skladรก z obrazov, videรญ a reรกlnych skรกl, ktorรฉ reprezentujรบ kolekciu pribliลพne 200 nรกdhernรฝch a legendรกrnych lezeckรฝch oblastรญ. Vertical-Life takisto uvedie viacerรฝch vรฝnimoฤnรฝch lezcov, ktorรญ pomรกhali tieto oblasti utvรกraลฅ a rozvรญjaลฅ: Daniho Andradu, Freda Nicola, Arnauda Petita, Chrisa Sharmu a Nasima Eshiqa. Video prezentรกcia. Na berlรญnskom IGA sa oฤakรกva veฤพkรก รบฤasลฅ, cca 2.3 miliรณna divรกkov. Toto nรกm dรกva ลกancu bliลพลกie predstaviลฅ nรกลก ลกport ลกirokej verejnosti, no zรกroveลˆ je to vรฝbornรก ลกanca pre lezeckรบ komunitu pozrieลฅ si vรฝstavu, ktorรก je pre nรกs ako stvorenรก. (c) Helmut Gargitter

Ghisolfi รฉs Larcher is felszรกllt a La Rambla SendingTrain-re!
Stefano Ghisolfi, aki az elmรบlt 12 hรณnapban lecsลฑrte a FRFM 9b-t รฉs mellรฉ 4 9a+ fokozatรบ utat, most beรกllรญtotta legkevesebb prรณbรกs nehรฉz รบt rekordjรกt is: La Rambla 4 menetbล‘l. (c) Paolo Sarto Facebookon, jรถtt a komment; 4 รฉve mรกr รกllt alatta, de nem volt bรกtorsรกga megprรณbรกlni - ellenben idรฉn egy flash prรณbรกval nyitott. Nah ezt nevezem รฉn egรฉszsรฉges magabiztossรกgnak. :) Kรฉt napja Jacopo Larchertล‘l is jรถtt az info a Fรกcsรฉn majdnem egy hete veretล‘s kรผzdelmet folytatott az ikonikus klasszikuson. "Mรกr csak kรฉt napunk van hรกtra a trippbล‘l รฉs mindig egyre fentebbrล‘l esek az รบtban. Remรฉljรผk a legjobbakat... jรณ esetben egy last day best say megmรกszรกst!"!". Most pedig Barbara Zangerltล‘l rรถppent az info: "Megcsinรกlta az utolsรณ napon!!! az utolsรณ pillanatban!!!!!! Yeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh".