Tomoa Narasaki and Janja Garnbret have won the second bouldering World Cup of 2018. Jernej Kruder, Miho Nonaka, Gregor Vezonik and Akiyo Noguchi completed the podium.
The Bouldering World Cup continues, Moscow 2018 preview!
on 20 April, 2018
The Bouldering World Cup continues tomorrow in Moscow! With little time to rest since the spectacular final in Meiringen, the climbers are already in Russia, ready to face the second event of the season.
Highlights and thoughts from Meiringen 2018
on 18 April, 2018
The World Cup in Meiringen was a great way to start the IFSC season. Good route setting and an exciting final (despite some technical issues). Let’s review the comp before diving into the next one, which will take place this weekend in Moscow.
Was M3 illegal!? | IFSC Rules
on 16 April, 2018
During the final in Meiringen, some climbers did a downward jump on M3. The IFSC rules state the boulders can’t have downward jumps… so was M3 against the rules?
Meiringen 2018: Nonaka and Kruder take the gold in a great final
on 14 April, 2018
Miho Nonaka and Jernej Kruder have won the first Bouldering World Cup of 2018. Janja Garnbret, Tomoa Narasaki, Akiyo Noguchi and Alexey Rubtsov completed the podium.
Bonus vs. Zones, is there a difference?
on 14 April, 2018
If you watched bouldering live streams lately, you may have noticed that nobody talks about bonuses anymore. Now they all refer to that special, tie-breaking hold, as the zone. Why is that?
Great semis in Meirigen. Schubert and Noguchi crushed!
on 14 April, 2018
We have our first World Cup finalists of the year! The semifinal in Meiringen had perfect difficulty, the problems were quite hard but all of them got topped. Great performances by Akiyo Noguchi and Jakob Schubert, who go to finals in first place.
The action has begun! Qualifiers in Meiringen
on 13 April, 2018
The IFSC has officially started! All day climbers have been fighting their way up the problems set by Laurent Laport and his team. While the results on the female side were quite predictable, the morning session left us with some surprises.
The first World Cup of 2018! Meiringen Preview
on 12 April, 2018
The 2018 IFSC Bouldering World Cup starts in a few hours in the Swiss town of Meiringen. More than two hundred climbers will take part, including all the favorites to the overall title. Don’t miss the big final on Saturday!
3 Reasons why 2018 will be the best season to date
on 31 March, 2018
The 2018 IFSC Bouldering World Cup is about to start. Given the current state of competition live streaming, the competition calendar and how incredibly strong and tight the field is, this season will probably be the best to date!
