InternatIonal FederatIon oF Sport Climbing www.ifsc-climbing.org OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE 2014 SATURDAY 28ND JUNE IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CUP LAVAL 2014: 2014 BOULDERING QUEEN: AKIYO NOGUCHI The 2014 IFSC Boulder World Cup series finished up with a bang this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, June 26-28, in the small French city of Laval. At the same time, the 2014 IFSC Paraclimbing series kicked off with a top-roped Bouldering competition. Spectators were privileged with a comprehensive look at different facets of Bouldering and ways of pushing the limits of the human condition. Amongst the idyllic medieval vestiges of Laval, our competitors came ready to give their all and put on an unforgettable show to round out the 2014 Boulder World Cup series before the World Championships in Munich in August! Two New Bouldering Champions After an intense and unpredictable final, the Japanese Akiyo fixes her first place in the Boulder Overall World Cup 2014 with an impressive gold medal in Laval. Even if they missed their chance to challenge her, Shauna Coxsey (5th in Laval) and Anna Stöhr (6th in Laval) are on the second and third step of the Boulder Overall World Cup 2014! Another Japanese climbs in the podium in Laval, Miho Nonaka and the German girl Juliane Wurm takes bronze. Regarding men, Rustam Gelmanov shows an impressive technique in Laval, dominating the whole competition and takes gold medal. But it is not enough to win a place on the Boulder Overall World Cup 2014 podium, composed by Jan Hojer, Dmitrii Sharafutdinov and Guillaume Glairon Mondet, who wins the silver medal here his home country, just head-one his compatriot Jeremy Bonder. Both MEN and WOMEN offered us an unprecedented IFSC World Cup Boulder Series 2014 that has been watched by thousands people all around the world, whatever the time was in their country! Next stop: Chamonix (FRA) Site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924 and one of the oldest ski resorts in France, Chamonix will host the first European stop in the 2014 IFSC Lead World Cup series, with a dual Lead and Speed competition! Don't miss the World Cup in the city that Mark Twain dubbed "the death- sport capital of the world"! More information on the event, as well as live streaming of the semi-finals and finals on: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org As always, we are present on Twitter during competitions, so reach out with the hashtag #IFSCwc.
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IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CUP LAVAL 2014:
2014 BOULDERING QUEEN: AKIYO NOGUCHI The 2014 IFSC Boulder World Cup series finished up with a bang this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, June 26-28, in the small French city of Laval. At the same time, the 2014 IFSC Paraclimbing series kicked off with a top-roped Bouldering competition. Spectators were privileged with a comprehensive look at different facets of Bouldering and ways of pushing the limits of the human condition.
Amongst the idyllic medieval vestiges of Laval, our competitors came ready to give their all and put on an unforgettable show to round out the 2014 Boulder World Cup series before the World Championships in Munich in August! Two New Bouldering Champions After an intense and unpredictable final, the Japanese Akiyo fixes her first place in the Boulder Overall World Cup 2014 with an impressive gold medal in Laval. Even if they missed their chance to challenge her, Shauna Coxsey (5th in Laval) and Anna Stöhr (6th in Laval) are on the second and third step of the Boulder Overall World Cup 2014! Another Japanese climbs in the podium in Laval, Miho Nonaka and the German girl Juliane Wurm takes bronze. Regarding men, Rustam Gelmanov shows an impressive technique in Laval, dominating the whole competition and takes gold medal. But it is not enough to win a place on the Boulder Overall World Cup 2014 podium, composed by Jan Hojer, Dmitrii Sharafutdinov and Guillaume Glairon
Mondet, who wins the silver medal here his home country, just head-one his compatriot Jeremy Bonder. Both MEN and WOMEN offered us an unprecedented IFSC World Cup Boulder Series 2014 that has been watched by thousands people all around the world, whatever the time was in their country! Next stop: Chamonix (FRA)
Site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924 and one of the oldest ski resorts in France, Chamonix will host the first European stop in the 2014 IFSC Lead World Cup series, with a dual Lead and Speed competition! Don't miss the World Cup in the city that Mark Twain dubbed "the death-sport capital of the world"! More information on the event, as well as live streaming of the semi-finals and finals on:
http://www.ifsc-climbing.org
As always, we are present on Twitter during competitions, so reach out with the hashtag #IFSCwc.
InternatIonal FederatIon oF S p o rt C l i m b i n gwww.ifsc-climbing.org
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RESULTS OF IFSC WORLD CUP LAVAL 2014 - BOULDER
BOULDER WOMEN RANK NAME NATION Points 1 NOGUCHI Akiyo JPN 3t4 2 NONAKA Miho JPN 3t6 3 WURM Juliane GER 3t7 4 GIBERT Fanny FRA 3t10 5 COXSEY Shauna GBR 3t13 6 STÖHR Anna AUT 2t4 For Full Results: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!comp=1522&cat=5&route=3
BOULDER MEN RANK NAME NATION Points 1 GELMANOV Rustam RUS 4t8 2 G. MONDET Guillaume FRA 3t6 3 BONDER Jeremy FRA 2t4 4 HOJER Jan GER 1t1 5 LEVIER Alban FRA 1t2 6 JULIEN Stéphane FRA 1t3 For Full Results: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!comp=1522&cat=6&route=3
FINAL RANKING BOULDER 2014 BOULDER WOMEN RANK NAME NATION Points 1 NOGUCHI Akiyo JPN 610 2 COXSEY Shauna GBR 556 3 STÖHR Anna AUT 488 4 WURM Juliane GER 430 5 NONAKA Miho JAP 300 6 PUCCIO Alex USA 289 For Full Results: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_FB&cup=14_WC
BOULDER MEN RANK NAME NATION Points 1 HOJER Jan GER 558 2 SHARAFUTDINOV Dimitrii RUS 467 3 G. MONDET Guillaume FRA 461 4 GELMANOV Rustam RUS 337 4 FISCHHUBER Kilian AUT 325 5 MCCOLL Sean CAN 302 For Full Results: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_MB&cup=14_WC
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A selection of photos from Laval can be found Monday morning on our flickr page here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/123572206@N08/sets/72157644623968172/
IFSC World Cup (L, S) 2014 Chamonix (FRA), July 10-12, 2014 Provisional program (GMT+2)
Thursday, July 10
10h30-16h00 – Lead qualification for men
Friday, July 11
9h30-14h30 – Lead qualification for women
15h00-18h30 – Speed qualification for men & women
21h15-22h15 – Speed final for men & women (live streaming)
Saturday, July 12
10h00-12h30 – Lead semi-final for men & women (live streaming)
21h30-22h00 – Lead final for women (live streaming)
22h00-23h00 – Lead final for men & women (live streaming)
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