Japanese double victory at the Boulder World Cup in Chongqing

At the third bouldering world cup of the season, Japan secured the gold medal for women and men. On top of the podium in Chongqing stood Kokoro Fujii for the men and Akiyo Noguchi for the women. The best places among the German, Austrian and Swiss athletes went to Jakob Schubert with fourth and Jan Hojer with fifth. In the women's category, it was Jessica Pilz who made it to the final and finished fifth.

Already at the competition in Moscow, the Japanese were close to a double victory. At the time they ranked 1 among the men and second place for the women. The asians now showed their dominance on their home continent at the competition in Chongqing: Kokoro Fujii (men) and Akiyo Noguchi (women) won the gold medal. The Austrians Jakob Schubert was almost ousted from the podium. Aleksei Rubtsov from Russia secured third place thanks to zone points.

Highlights of the third Boulder World Cup in Chongqing

Pictures of the IFSC Bouldering Competition

Ranking - Chongqing

Ranking of the Boulder World Cup in Chongqing - China
Ranking of the Bouldering World Cup in Chongqing - China. You can find all the results of the event here.

Credits: Images IFSC / Forrest Liu

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