IFSC Boulder World Cup Haiyang: Another Bronze for Coxsey

Natalie Berry UKC

29th June, 2015

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The 4th round of the 2015 IFSC Boulder World Cup took place in Haiyang, China this weekend, where Britain's Shauna Coxsey took Bronze once again following her 3rd place in Chongqing, China just last week. The winners were first-time Gold medallists Jongwon Chon of Korea and Petra Klingler of Switzerland.

Women's Podium: Haiyang © The Circuit Climbing — Women's Podium: Haiyang
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With three of the top female athletes missing from the event - Anna Stöhr, Alex Puccio and Juliane Wurm - the field was left fairly open. Swiss all-round talent Petra Klingler - a competitor in Lead, Boulder, Speed and even a Gold Medallist in the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup this year - proved her incredible power by flashing three of the final problems to take first place. 2014 World Cup winner Akiyo Noguchi was close behind with just one more attempt needed to complete three problems.

Shauna Coxsey competing in Haiyang
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Shauna climbed well in the finals, topping three boulders and looking on form despite still nursing a finger injury and is currently ranked 3rd in the overall standings. Britain's Leah Crane finished 9th after a great display of climbing in the semi-finals and narrowly missed out on a final position.

Petra Klingler on her way to a win © The Circuit Climbing — Petra Klingler on her way to a win
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The men's event provided equally surprising results with Korea's Jongwon Chon taking his first Gold medal ahead of experienced competitor and seasoned Gold-medal winner Rustam Gelmanov of Russia. France's Alban Levier - a young up and coming athlete who won his first Gold medal in Toronto round just a few weeks ago - took 3rd place ahead of 2015 European Champion and 2014 World Cup winner Jan Hojer and 2014 World Champion Adam Ondra. Jongwon is currently leading the overall ranking with one round to go.

Men's Podium: Haiyang © The Circuit Climbing — Men's Podium: Haiyang
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The next and final round takes place on 14th/15th August in Munich, Germany.

Jongwon Chon celebrates a top-out © The Circuit Climbing — Jongwon Chon celebrates a top-out
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IFSC Climbing Worldcup (B,S) - Haiyang (CHN) 2015

WOMENs bouldering

Rank	Name	Nation	Qual'	Semi's	Final
1	Petra Klingler	SUI	2t2 4b4	4t5 4b5	3t3 4b10
2	Akiyo Noguchi	JPN	5t6 5b5	4t5 4b5	3t4 4b5
3	Shauna Coxsey	GBR	3t3 5b5	3t3 3b3	3t8 4b9
4	Miho NONAKA	JPN	3t4 5b5	3t4 3b3	2t4 4b11
5	Katharina Saurwein	AUT	2t2 5b9	4t5 4b4	1t1 2b4
6	Melissa Le Neve	FRA	2t3 5b7	3t3 3b3	1t3 3b7
7	Sol Sa	KOR	3t4 5b5	3t4 3b4
8	Yuka Kobayashi	JPN	2t5 4b7	3t4 3b4
9	Leah Crane	GBR	2t3 4b5	3t5 3b3
10	Vera Zijlstra	NED	2t5 4b7	3t7 3b4
11	Berit Schwaiger	AUT	2t2 5b6	3t8 4b8
12	Julija Kruder	SLO	2t4 5b5	2t3 4b8
13	Chloé CAULIER	BEL	2t2 5b10	2t4 3b6
14	Rong Jiang	CHN	2t2 4b6	1t2 3b4
15	Minseon KIM	KOR	2t4 3b6	1t2 3b7
16	di Niu	CHN	2t5 5b10	1t4 3b5
17	Sierra Blair-Coyle	USA	2t2 5b7	0t 4b12
18	Kaori HOSONO	JPN	2t3 3b4	0t 2b3
19	Miwa OBA	JPN	2t3 4b7	0t 2b4
20	Lamu Renqing	CHN	2t5 5b13	0t 2b5

Full results

MENs bouldering

Rank	Name	Nation	Qual'	Semi's	Final
1	Jongwon CHON	KOR	5t6 5b6	3t3 4b4	2t3 2b2
2	Rustam Gelmanov	RUS	4t6 5b7	3t7 4b10	2t7 2b6
3	Alban LEVIER	FRA	5t6 5b5	2t3 4b6	1t1 2b2
4	Jan Hojer	GER	3t4 5b10	2t3 4b5	1t1 2b3
5	Adam Ondra	CZE	5t6 5b6	3t4 4b6	1t1 2b5
6	Minoru NAKANO	JPN	4t5 5b5	3t10 4b8	0t 3b4
7	Gholamali Baratzadeh	IRI	4t5 5b6	2t4 4b6
8	Tsukuru Hori	JPN	4t4 4b4	2t4 3b5
9	Kokoro FUJII	JPN	5t7 5b7	2t5 4b10
10	Manuel Cornu	FRA	5t9 5b7	2t5 3b5
11	Nathaniel Coleman	USA	4t5 4b5	2t6 4b8
12	Dmitrii Sharafutdinov	RUS	5t7 5b5	1t1 4b7
13	James Kassay	AUS	4t5 5b6	1t1 3b7
14	Jeremy Bonder	FRA	3t5 5b7	1t1 2b2
15	Rei SUGIMOTO	JPN	4t5 5b6	1t2 3b4
16	Tomoa NARASAKI	JPN	4t7 4b5	1t2 3b5
17	Andrzej Mecherzynski- Wiktor	POL	3t5 5b10	1t3 4b7
18	Michael Piccolruaz	ITA	3t3 5b5	1t3 4b9
19	Zida Ma	CHN	3t6 4b7	1t5 3b13
20	Makoto YAMAUCHI	JPN	3t4 5b8	1t7 2b4