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.
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 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.
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.
The next and final round takes place on 14th/15th August in Munich, Germany.
IFSC Climbing Worldcup (B,S) - Haiyang (CHN) 2015
WOMENs bouldering
Rank | Name | Nation | Qual' | Semi's | Final |
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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 |
MENs bouldering
Rank | Name | Nation | Qual' | Semi's | Final |
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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 |
Watch the replay of finals below:
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