At the seventh and penultimate competition of the World Cup season, the Belgian Anak Verhoeven and the Japanese Keiichiro Korenaga won the gold medal. Janja Garnbret secured the season title in the lead discipline. In the speed discipline, the Russian Vladislav Deulin not only won yesterday's competition, but also won the season title, like Janja.
Anak Verhoeven, who won the 2017 World Games and European Championships, won the gold medal at the women's IFSC World Cup event last weekend in China. For the men, the Asian rivals once again dominated the top ranks. Gold went to the Japanese Keiichiro Korenaga, followed by his compatriot Tomoa Narasaki. The third place on the podium is taken by the Chinese YuFei Pan, the fourth place is taken by the Korean Jongwon Chon.
High-flyer Janja Garnbret wins the season title in the lead discipline
The Slovenian Janja Garnbret took "only" third place in Xiamen, but still secured the 2017 season title in the penultimate competition. Janja won five lead events this year and was also convincing in the bouldering discipline with three wins . She won half of the 26 World Cup competitions this year.
Russian wins season title in discipline Speed
Not only in the lead discipline fell last weekend, the decision on the season title. The 15 overall athlete also secured 2017 overall victory at the 2017 high wall in Xiamen: Vladislav Deulin won the gold medal for the third time in 5.53 by climbing the speed route in XNUMX seconds.
Highlights of the lead and speed competition in Xiamen
Pictures of the lead and speed competition in Xiamen
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