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Today we gonna see one of Austria’s most prolific climbers in action: Katharina Saurwein. She retired from comps at the end of last season, after almost 2 decades competing internationally. We gonna see her improvise her way up a very insecure, volume-based, slab from the 2016 World Championships.
Today we feature an ascent by Japanese star Rei Sugimoto, to celebrate his bronze medal in Meiringen last week. Sugimoto has been competing internationally for about 14 years (his first final was 8 years ago) and he’s still performing at the highest level (despite the many changes in the sport).
The season has started on a very high note. The competition in Meiringen has been great and the final was a memorable one. Adam Ondra and Janja Garnbret won the competition and team Japan walked away with 3 medals.
This week we gonna look back at a hard ascent by Guillaume Glairon-Mondet that took place during the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup in Grindelwald, Switzerland. The last pull to grab the top was very very hard!
Great semifinal round in Meiringen. Perfect difficulty and overall a great show with hard, powerful problems. Great results for Japan. Adam Ondra, Janja Garnbret and Akiyo Noguchi, the only climbers with 4 tops.
The World Cup has started in Meiringen. Easy problems for the guys and a brutal round for the women. Nathan Phillips, Janja Garnbret, Nathaniel Coleman and Kyra Condie lead the board. Schubert and Pilz are out.
The 2019 IFSC Season starts tomorrow in the Swiss town of Meiringen. More than 250 climbers will take part in this event, including all the favorites to the title. Semis and final will be offered live on Saturday.
Today we gonna see James Kassay sending a super hard slab problem from Chongqing 2014. This problem shut down most of the semifinal climbers that day, only 3 tops. James took his time on the wall and had to improvise a lot, but he managed to flash it and secure a spot in the final.
Today we gonna see Shauna Coxsey sending a very powerful problem from the first full IFSC season that she did, 2013. We haven’t seen her competing in a while but soon she’ll be back on the World Cup walls, so let’s prepare with this nice top from almost 6 years ago.
Studio Block Masters, one of the biggest and most prestigious open comps in the season, is taking place in Germany this weekend. Today they are having the semis and finals and the field is as stacked as it can get. Make sure you don’t miss the show!
