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Adam Ondra, #1 among legends [UPDATE: VIDEO]

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Adam Ondra flashes the 5th problem and knows he has won. La Sportiva legends Only 2011  © Jonas Paulsson
Adam Ondra flashes the 5th problem and knows he has won. La Sportiva legends Only 2011
© Jonas Paulsson

Saturday night's spectacular La Sportiva Legends Only in front of 500 people at Klättercentret in Stockholm was in many ways the perfect show with the best climbers in the world performing at their best in a show that was almost too dramatic.

In the end Adam Ondra came out victorious ahead of Dmitry Sharafutdinov, Paul Robinson, Daniel Woods and Andy Gullsten in a very close competition.

The format was a lot different compared to your normal WC.

- The competitors worked the problems for 2h the day before the comp
- No isolation
- 3+ minutes to complete every problem
- HARD problems between ~8A and hard 8B

Paul Robinson on the 3rd problem. La Sportiva Legends Only 2011  © Alexander Rydén
Paul Robinson on the 3rd problem. La Sportiva Legends Only 2011
© Alexander Rydén

La Sportiva Legends only was sponsored by La Sportiva, Klättercentret, Petzl, Squadra holds, Västervik climbing, Bel-Air Limousine, Gainomax, Vitamin well and Showlighters


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Born in the Czech Republic, Adam Ondra has built up a decorated career since his early competitions, winning his first World Championships medal in 2009 in lead climbing. He was a favourite for Tokyo 2020 gold, but an...

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23 Oct, 2011
Silly question, but how can Ondra 'flash' the 5th problem if he had 2 hours to work it the day before? I assume you mean he got it first go on the day :)
23 Oct, 2011
Lol!
23 Oct, 2011
You've mistaken flash for onsight. Although this is techincally a "retroflash". Shame there is no lycra involved...
23 Oct, 2011
Retro flash? After working it the day before? I don't think so..
23 Oct, 2011
Haha, yes, of course it should read "first try of the day". My mistake. //Björn
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