Britain's Shauna Coxsey finished the 2015 season on a high by winning the final round of the Bouldering World Cup in Munich, Germany this weekend. Her stunning performance of four flashes of the final problems also earned her a 2nd place in the overall World Cup standings behind Japan's Akiyo Noguchi. Thousands of spectators crammed into the Olympiastadion to support the athletes in their final event of the year.
The beginning of this season got off to a slow start for Shauna as she battled with a finger injury, opting out of the European Championship in Innsbruck to fully recover before the rest of the World Cup rounds.
During Saturday's semi-finals, the GB team faced a tense wait to determine whether Shauna had made the cut of top six for finals. 18 year-old Tara Hayes of Team GB made semi-finals in her first World Cup event and finished in a very commendable 16th place, ahead of a number of seasoned senior competitors.
By qualifying in 5th place, Shauna had secured a 2nd place in the overall rankings for 2015, with Akiyo already the decided overall winner. The first final problem was topped only by Shauna and 17 year-old US climber Megan Mascarenas, which set the precendent for the rest of the round as Shauna, Megan and Fanny Gibert of France looked to be taking the podium positions.
Flashing each of the first three problems with ease, all eyes were on Shauna as she began her final problem. A flash would guarantee her a win, which is exactly what she did - a four flash final! France's Fanny Gibert took 2nd place and Megan Mascarenas finished 3rd after failing to complete the final problem. In the overall standings, Akiyo Noguchi took Gold, Shauna Silver and Miho Nonaka of Japan Bronze. This is the second year running that Shauna has been ranked 2nd overall.
She commented on her Facebook athlete page:
"So incredibly psyched! 4 flash final! Dream!
So much love for the crowd at this event!! Thank you Munich!"
The men's event was left wide open for much of the final round as the problems proved particularly tricky. Heading the race for the overall title were Germany's Jan Hojer and Jongwon Chon of Korea. With only two tops securing his win, Russia's Alexey Rubtsov took Gold and won his first ever World Cup, despite having become World Champion in 2009. Martin Stranik of the Czech Republic finished 2nd and Jongwon Chon 3rd - earning Jongwon the overall World Cup title, narrowly beating Jan into 2nd place and Adam Ondra into 3rd.
Watch a video of the finals below:
Semi-final results and British placings below:
IFSC Climbing Worldcup (B) - Munich (GER) 2015
WOMENs bouldering
Rank | Name | Nation | Qual' | Semi's | Final |
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1 | Shauna Coxsey | GBR | 4t8 4b8 | 3t5 3b4 | 4t4 4b4 |
2 | Fanny Gibert | FRA | 4t9 4b5 | 4t15 4b13 | 3t3 4b7 |
3 | Megan Mascarenas | USA | 3t3 3b3 | 4t7 4b7 | 3t4 4b5 |
4 | Akiyo Noguchi | JPN | 4t5 5b7 | 3t6 3b6 | 2t3 4b6 |
5 | Stasa Gejo | SRB | 3t6 4b6 | 4t15 4b10 | 1t2 3b3 |
6 | Katja KADIC | SLO | 3t5 4b9 | 4t15 4b15 | 1t3 3b4 |
7 | Miho NONAKA | JPN | 4t5 4b5 | 3t8 3b8 | |
8 | Sol Sa | KOR | 3t9 4b10 | 3t10 3b9 | |
9 | Hannah Midtboe | NOR | 3t4 4b7 | 3t11 3b10 | |
10 | Chloé CAULIER | BEL | 3t6 3b4 | 3t12 4b13 | |
11 | Karoline Sinnhuber | AUT | 2t2 4b14 | 2t2 3b3 | |
12 | Julija Kruder | SLO | 3t10 5b20 | 2t11 4b13 | |
13 | Berit Schwaiger | AUT | 3t7 4b8 | 2t12 3b12 | |
14 | Valeri Kremer | ISR | 4t7 4b7 | 1t7 2b4 | |
15 | Jara Späte | SUI | 3t8 3b6 | 1t7 2b8 | |
16 | Tara Hayes | GBR | 3t6 3b5 | 1t8 1b8 | |
17 | Johanna Holfeld | GER | 3t6 4b6 | 1t10 3b20 | |
18 | Petra Klingler | SUI | 3t5 5b9 | 0t 3b7 | |
19 | Natalie Bärtschi | SUI | 3t6 4b6 | 0t 2b4 | |
20 | Aya ONOE | JPN | 3t5 5b9 | 0t 1b1 | |
49 | Leah Crane | GBR | 1t2 2b3 |
MENs bouldering
Rank | Name | Nation | Qual' | Semi's | Final |
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1 | Alexey Rubtsov | RUS | 4t8 4b6 | 2t7 2b5 | 2t11 4b12 |
2 | Martin Stranik | CZE | 4t8 4b6 | 1t1 2b2 | 1t1 3b4 |
3 | Jongwon CHON | KOR | 3t4 5b12 | 3t7 3b6 | 1t1 3b5 |
4 | Sergii Topishko | UKR | 3t3 3b3 | 1t4 3b10 | 0t 2b2 |
5 | Jan Hojer | GER | 4t9 5b10 | 1t2 2b4 | 0t 2b3 |
6 | Rustam Gelmanov | RUS | 3t6 4b7 | 3t7 3b5 | 0t 2b6 |
7 | Alexander Averdunk | GER | 3t9 5b16 | 1t4 2b7 | |
8 | Adam Ondra | CZE | 4t7 4b7 | 1t4 2b8 | |
8 | Rei SUGIMOTO | JPN | 3t3 3b3 | 1t4 2b8 | |
10 | Michael Piccolruaz | ITA | 3t4 4b7 | 0t 2b4 | |
11 | Nathaniel Coleman | USA | 3t5 4b5 | 0t 2b6 | |
12 | Dmitrii Sharafutdinov | RUS | 3t5 4b7 | 0t 2b10 | |
13 | Simon Unger | GER | 3t4 4b4 | 0t 2b11 | |
14 | Guillaume Glairon Mondet | FRA | 3t3 4b4 | 0t 1b1 | |
14 | Vadim Timonov | RUS | 4t8 4b8 | 0t 1b1 | |
16 | Andrzej Mecherzynski- Wiktor | POL | 3t6 4b6 | 0t 1b2 | |
17 | Domen Skofic | SLO | 4t5 4b5 | 0t 0b | |
17 | Eric Lopez Mateos | ESP | 4t7 4b6 | 0t 0b | |
17 | Mathias Conrad | GER | 4t7 4b7 | 0t 0b | |
17 | Makoto YAMAUCHI | JPN | 3t5 4b8 | 0t 0b | |
29 | Tyler Landman | GBR | 3t4 3b4 | ||
37 | David Barrans | GBR | 2t4 4b8 | ||
43 | Nathan Phillips | GBR | 2t5 3b6 | ||
55 | William Ridal | GBR | 1t1 2b2 |
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