IFSC Boulder World Cup 2018: Chongqing - Report

7th May, 2018

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The third round of the 2018 IFSC Boulder World Cup series took place in Chongqing, China this weekend. High temperatures made for challenging conditions on the outdoor wall, but the finals were nonetheless exciting. With Shauna Coxsey and Janja Garnbret absent from the round, the women's competition was left relatively open.

Nathan Phillips on form in Chongqing. © IFSC/Forrest Liu — Nathan Phillips on form in Chongqing.
© IFSC/Forrest Liu

Team GB's Nathan Phillips qualified in 1st place for the semi-final round and finished in =16th place.

Results below highlights and finals videos (don't scroll if you don't want to know!!)

IFSC Climbing Worldcup (B,S) - Chongqing (CHN) 2018

WOMENs bouldering

Rank	Name	Nation	Semi's	Final
1	Akiyo Noguchi	JPN	4T4z 12 12	4T4z 5 5
2	Miho Nonaka	JPN	4T4z 12 11	3T3z 7 7
3	Stasa Gejo	SRB	1T4z 3 8	1T3z 2 7
4	Ekaterina Kipriianova	RUS	1T4z 2 7	1T1z 1 1
5	Jessica Pilz	AUT	2T3z 8 9	1T1z 2 1
6	Katja Kadic	SLO	1T4z 2 8	1T1z 4 4
7	Chloe Caulier	BEL	1T4z 4 19
8	Fanny Gibert	FRA	1T3z 1 7
9	Mélanie Sandoz	FRA	1T3z 3 12
10	Hung Ying Lee	TPE	1T3z 7 17
11	Alannah Yip	CAN	0T4z 0 15
12	Alma Bestvater	GER	0T4z 0 21
13	Flavy Cohaut	FRA	0T3z 0 9
14	Charlotte Andre	FRA	0T3z 0 13
15	Johanna Färber	AUT	0T3z 0 17
16	Futaba Ito	JPN	0T2z 0 3
17	Julia Pinggera	AUT	0T2z 0 8
18	Vanessa Si Yinn Teng	SGP	0T1z 0 8
18	Tomoko kajima	JPN	0T1z 0 8
20	Mao Nakamura	JPN	0T0z 0 0
39	Jennifer Wood	GBR	Qual' 1T4z 2 7
41	Imogen Horrocks	GBR	Qual' 1T3z 2 5

Full results

MENs bouldering

Rank	Name	Nation	Semi's	Final
1	Kokoro Fujii	JPN	2T3z 7 8	3T3z 9 8
2	Sean McColl	CAN	2T4z 3 5	2T3z 2 4
3	Aleksei Rubtsov	RUS	3T4z 7 8	2T3z 5 7
4	Jakob Schubert	AUT	2T4z 5 7	2T2z 2 2
5	Jan Hojer	GER	3T4z 3 4	1T3z 1 3
6	Jernej Kruder	SLO	2T3z 2 3	1T2z 1 3
7	Manuel Cornu	FRA	2T2z 4 2
7	Alban Levier	FRA	2T2z 4 2
9	Taisei Ishimatsu	JPN	2T2z 5 5
10	Yoshiyuki Ogata	JPN	1T4z 1 10
11	Tomoa Narasaki	JPN	1T3z 2 6
12	Rei Sugimoto	JPN	1T3z 2 8
13	Gregor Vezonik	SLO	0T3z 0 4
14	Ryuichi Murai	JPN	0T3z 0 5
15	Yuji Fujiwaki	JPN	0T2z 0 4
16	Nathan Phillips	GBR	0T2z 0 5
16	Anze Peharc	SLO	0T2z 0 5
18	Yannick Flohé	GER	0T1z 0 1
19	Jonatan Flor Vazquez	ESP	0T1z 0 4
20	Mickael Mawem	FRA	0T0z 0 0
39	Aidan Roberts	GBR	Qual' 1T4z 1 14
43	David Barrans	GBR	Qual' 2T2z 4 3
45	Matthew Cousins	GBR	Qual' 1T5z 2 6
63	Tyler Landman	GBR	Qual' 0T3z 0 4

Full results

The Japanese team were once again the dominant force in Chongqing. Veteran IFSC competitor Akiyo Noguchi required just five attempts to climb all four problems in the final to secure a win with astonishing ease. Her teammate Miho Nonaka topped three problems to take second place ahead of Serbia's Stasa Gejo. Miho has now joined Janja Garnbret (SLO) at the top of the overall 2018 rankings. In the men's event, Kokoro Fujii (JPN) topped three boulders to push Sean McColl (CAN) into 2nd place. Aleksei Rubtsov (RUS) took third place and currently sits 3rd in the overall boulder rankings after three events, whilst Jernej Kruder and Tomoa Narasaki are tied for 1st place.

The next round is in Tai'an, China, 12th-13th May.