The fourth round of the IFSC Boulder World Cup took place in Navi Mumbai, India this weekend. Soaring temperatures and high humidity made for challenging conditions, which proved too much for some competitors not accustomed to climbing in the heat. Miho Nonaka and Kokoro Fujii - both of Japan - took gold.
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Following the semi-final round, many favourites dropped out of the top 6 and failed to make finals, including Britain's Shauna Coxsey, who was on course to make history if she had managed to win her 5th consecutive World Cup this weekend. Despite this anomaly in her recent form, Shauna maintains her position at the top of the overall ranking with a comfortable lead ahead of French climber Melissa le Nevé. GB teammate Leah Crane matched her highest position of the season so far, in 11th place.
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In a tricky final round, just two tops out of four saw 18 year-old Miho Nonaka win her first ever gold medal ahead of Germany's Monika Retschy, who earned her first World Cup medal with 2nd place. Akiyo Noguchi maintained her form from Chongqing after her slow start in Meiringen and Kazo, to finish in 3rd place.
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The men's final was closely contested, but Kokoro Fujii of Japan took gold with two less attempts than teammate Tomoa Narasaki, fresh from his win in Chongqing two weeks ago. In third place was Alexey Rubtsov of Russia - a strong contender for the overall title, who is now sitting just behind Fujii in the overall ranking in 2nd place.
The next stop is Innsbruck, Austria in just three days' time.
Results below:
IFSC Climbing Worldcup (B) - Navi Mumbai (IND) 2016
WOMENs bouldering
| Rank | Name | Nation | Qual' | Semi's | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miho NONAKA | JPN | 4t4 5b5 | 2t2 4b7 | 2t4 3b6 |
| 2 | Monika Retschy | GER | 2t5 5b6 | 2t8 4b11 | 1t1 4b10 |
| 3 | Akiyo Noguchi | JPN | 4t4 5b5 | 3t11 4b16 | 1t1 2b2 |
| 4 | Melissa Le Neve | FRA | 4t4 5b5 | 1t1 3b4 | 1t1 2b2 |
| 5 | Sol Sa | KOR | 3t4 5b5 | 3t11 4b15 | 1t1 2b6 |
| 6 | Katharina Saurwein | AUT | 3t4 5b7 | 2t4 4b10 | 0t 2b7 |
| 7 | Clementine KAISER | FRA | 4t5 5b6 | 1t2 3b6 | |
| 8 | Fanny Gibert | FRA | 3t3 5b6 | 1t3 3b12 | |
| 9 | Shauna Coxsey | GBR | 4t5 5b5 | 1t3 2b6 | |
| 10 | Hung Ying Lee | TPE | 4t5 5b5 | 1t7 3b16 | |
| 11 | Leah Crane | GBR | 3t5 5b9 | 0t 2b5 | |
| 12 | Berit Schwaiger | AUT | 2t2 5b5 | 0t 2b6 | |
| 13 | Karoline Sinnhuber | AUT | 3t3 5b9 | 0t 2b9 | |
| 14 | Mei KOTAKE | JPN | 4t8 5b8 | 0t 2b11 | |
| 15 | Julia Pinggera | AUT | 2t6 4b6 | 0t 2b12 | |
| 16 | Aya ONOE | JPN | 3t6 5b6 | 0t 1b3 | |
| 17 | Elise Sethna | CAN | 2t3 4b6 | 0t 1b3 | |
| 18 | Lisa Chulich | USA | 2t4 4b6 | 0t 1b8 | |
| 19 | Ayari Sakamoto | JPN | 3t3 5b7 | 0t 0b | |
| 20 | Alannah Yip | CAN | 3t7 5b5 | 0t 0b |
MENs bouldering
| Rank | Name | Nation | Qual' | Semi's | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kokoro FUJII | JPN | 5t5 5b5 | 2t5 4b11 | 3t4 4b4 |
| 2 | Tomoa NARASAKI | JPN | 5t6 5b6 | 2t3 3b6 | 3t6 4b7 |
| 3 | Alexey Rubtsov | RUS | 5t6 5b6 | 2t6 2b4 | 3t11 4b11 |
| 4 | Jongwon CHON | KOR | 5t5 5b5 | 3t8 4b13 | 3t17 4b19 |
| 5 | Rustam Gelmanov | RUS | 5t11 5b11 | 2t2 4b12 | 1t3 3b5 |
| 6 | Jeremy Bonder | FRA | 5t5 5b5 | 2t5 4b7 | 0t 2b4 |
| 7 | Naoki SHIMATANI | JPN | 5t13 5b12 | 1t3 1b1 | |
| 8 | Tomoaki TAKATA | JPN | 5t7 5b7 | 0t 3b8 | |
| 9 | Yoshiyuki OGATA | JPN | 5t7 5b7 | 0t 2b2 | |
| 10 | Sean McColl | CAN | 5t7 5b7 | 0t 2b3 | |
| 11 | Gholamali Baratzadeh | IRI | 5t8 5b8 | 0t 2b3 | |
| 12 | Tsukuru Hori | JPN | 5t9 5b8 | 0t 2b5 | |
| 13 | Atsushi SHIMIZU | JPN | 5t12 5b12 | 0t 2b5 | |
| 14 | Moritz Hans | GER | 5t13 5b13 | 0t 2b8 | |
| 15 | Jernej Kruder | SLO | 5t7 5b7 | 0t 1b1 | |
| 16 | Amir Nouri | IRI | 5t16 5b15 | 0t 1b1 | |
| 17 | Alfons Dornauer | AUT | 5t18 5b18 | 0t 1b1 | |
| 18 | Jan Hojer | GER | 5t6 5b6 | 0t 1b2 | |
| 19 | Martin Stranik | CZE | 5t11 5b10 | 0t 1b2 | |
| 20 | Keita WATABE | JPN | 5t7 5b7 | 0t 0b |
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