In reply to UKC News:
Very disappointing comp from an internet spectator point of view.
Firstly many of the top names were missing including 3 of the top 5 women. I know Anna and Alex are injured but what happened to Jule? No British men at all, no GG etc.
The semis were too easy with 11 people doing all 4 problems. I think that lead to a slightly random selection because one of the probs that involved consecutive dynamic moves was probably down to luck as to which try you did it. And the entry to final was decided by number of tries with so many doing all the problems.
The video quality was so horrible but it probably made the appalling sound quality less noticeable.
I thought the Chinese? commentator wasn't too bad when you could actually hear what he was saying. He seemed pretty knowledgeable, didn't scream down the mic, though could have done with slightly fewer 'Wooows!" and "incredibles". Also was there was no attempt to keep up with the running scores.
That Iranian guy was particularly impressive, too bad he didn't make the final.
Adam O and Akiyo are my favourites for the overall title now.
Hope things are better for next week's event in Haiyang.
The latest round of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup was held over the 20 and 21st of June in Chongqing, China. Japan's Akiyo Noguchi took first place in the women's competition and Canadian Sean McColl.
