SPORT CLIMBING: World Champs continue with Bouldering and Combined

The IFSC World Championships are continuing in Innsbruck (AUT), with four events remaining on the program:

∙ 14 September: Men’s Bouldering
∙ 15 September: Women’s Bouldering
∙ 16 September: Men’s and Women’s Combined

The leaders in the seasonal World Cup in Bouldering include:

∙ Bouldering:
Men: Jernej Kruder (SLO), 442; Tomoa Narasaki (JPN), 400; Rei Sugimoto ((JPN), 334.
Women: Miho Nonaka (JPN), 500; Akiyo Noguchi (JPN), 495; Fanny Gibert (SUI), 320.

The Combined event, which is not part of the World Cup, is of special interest since it will be the Sport Climbing event in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo (JPN). Summaries so far:

IFSC World Championships
Innsbruck (AUT) ~ 6-16 September 2018
(Full results here)

Men

Lead: 1. Jakob Schubert (AUT), 36+; 2. Adam Ondra (CZE), 36+; 3. Alexander Megos (GER), 33.5; 4. Meichi Natasaki (JPN), 31+; 5. Domen Skofic (SLO), 29+; 6. tie, Jakub Konecny (CZE) and Tomoaki Takata (JPN), 29+; 8. Sascha Lehmann (SUI), 23; 9. Marcello Bombardi (ITA), 20+; 10. Kai Harada (JPN), 16+.

Speed/Final: 1. Reza Alipour (IRI); 2. Bassa Mawem (FRA); Small Final: 3. Stanis- lav Kokorin (RUS); 4. Qixin Zhong (CHN).

Women

Lead: 1. Jessica Pilz (AUT), Top; 2. Janja Garnbret (SLO), Top; 3. Jain Kim (KOR), 34+; 4. Mai Kotake (JPN), 33+; 5. Ashima Shiraishi (USA), 32; 6. Anak Verhoeven (BEL), 31+; 7. Mia Krampl (SLO), 31+; 8. tie, Akiyo Noguchi (JPN) and Hannah Schubert (AUT), 31+; 10. Laura Rogora (ITA), 24+.

Speed/Final: 1. Aleksandra Rudzinska (POL), 7.56; 2. Anna Brozek (POL). Small Final: 3. Marina Krasavina (RUS); 4. Aleksandra Kalucka (POL), false start.