14 September 2018

Garnbret, Noguchi and Gejo the only ones getting tops

After the two first boulder, Janja Garnbret had 11 points (one top and one zone) and Stasa Gejo had one point. All the rest had scored zero although Petra Klingler seemed to have done the crux on the second boulder but the zone was further up. On the third boulder Stasa, with tape on four finger tips, was lucky and skillful using the palm on the sideway crux doing a very impressive top. Then also Akiyo Noguchi started to move doing the last two boulders but as Janja also did the third, she had secured the world champion title before she begun her not so focused last tries. Unfortunately, Miho Nonaka's shoulder injury did get worse and it will be very hard for her doing the Combined final on Sunday. 1. Janja Garnbret SLO 23 (Two Tops and three zones) 2. Akiyo Noguchi JPN 22 3. Stasa Gejo SRB 12 4. Jessica Pilz AUT 02 on 4 attempts 5. Miho Nonaka JPN 02 on 6 attempts 6. Petra Klingler SUI 00 Complete results (c) Vladek Zumr Janja is now the first female that has won the World Championship in both Lead and Boulder. During the last 19 World Cups in both Lead and Boulder, her worst result is #3.
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