IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CUP MOKPO 2013 : IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CUP
GOES TO EAST ASIA: ASIAN IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CUP GOES TO EAST ASIA: ASIAN This October, East Asia is the place to be for the world’s best Speed and Lead climbers! The World Cup event in Mokpo (KOR) on October 11th and 12th is the prelude to a two-week Asian Tour followed by competitions in the Chinese cities of Haiyang on October, 15th and 16th, and Wuijiang October, 19th and 20th .
Pack your climbing bags, autumn is here: two weeks after the last Lead and Speed competitions in Perm (RUS) the IFSC retinue is moving to Mokpo (KOR) to take part in one of three contests coming up in East Asia within ten days.
Live and loud
The world’s best Lead climbers are breaking ground in Korea at the qualifications on Friday, October 11th, starting at 10:00AM (GMT+9) - with hometown hero Jain Kim and Spain’s Ramòn Tuesday, Julian Puigblanque leading the way in the rankings. Not to be discounted, World Cup Overall 8th winner 2012 Mina Markovic and Momoka Oda are lying in wait to climb up the rankings, and October give challenge Kim the competition she deserves. On the men’s side, Puurs winner Jakob 2013 Schubert and Japan’s Sachi Amma are also ready to chase Ramonet all the way to the top!
In the Speed competition the pressure is on Russia’s stars Stanislav Kokorin and Alina Gaydamakina to retain their leading positions. The band begins to play on Friday, October 11th with the Speed final for men and women at 4:00PM (GMT+9), followed by the Lead finals on Saturday starting at 4:30PM (GMT+9).
More information and a detailed schedule can be found on the IFSC website; all climbing fans who will not be on site will be able to watch the competition live online at www.ifsc-climbing.org .
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Current Rankings - Speed IFSC Climbing World Cup 2013 – Speed – (After four events: 28/09/2013) Men:
Rank NAME Nation Points
1 Kokorin Stanislav RUS 291
2 Hroza Libor CZE 282
3 Zhong Qixin CHN 210
4 Gontero Leonardo ITA 193
5 Dzienski Marcin POL 190
6 Gontaryk Yaroslav UKR 164
7 Shevchenko Arseniy RUS 152
8 Timofeev Dmitrii RUS 145
9 Swirk Lukasz POL 142
10 Komosinski Jedrzej POL 134 For Full Rankings: https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_MS&cup=13_WC
Tuesday, Women: 8th October Rank NAME Nation Final 2013 1 Gaidamakina Alina RUS 317
2 Kaplina Iuliia RUS 259
3 Levochkina Yuliya RUS 240
4 Rudzinska Aleksandra POL 236
5 Krasavina Mariia RUS 231
6 Jaubert Anouck FRA 197
7 Buczek Klaudia POL 148
8 Heitz Margot FRA 134
9 Polekhina Kseniya RUS 112
10 Prokopiuk Monika POL 107 For Full Rankings: https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_FS&cup=13_WC
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Current Rankings - Lead IFSC Climbing World Cup 2013 – Lead – (After four events: 28/09/2013) Men:
Rank NAME Nation Points
1 Julian Puigblanque Ramón ESP 308
2 Schubert Jakob AUT 268
3 Amma Sachi JPN 260
4 Min Hyunbin KOR 186
5 Romain Manuel FRA 182
6 Desgranges Romain FRA 166
7 Supper Gautier FRA 164
8 Ballet Thomas FRA 149
9 Midtboe Magnus NOR 129
9 Skofic Domen SLO 129 For Full Rankings: https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_M&cup=13_WC
Tuesday, Women: 8th October Rank NAME Nation Final 2013 1 Kim Jain KOR 365
2 Markovic Mina SLO 315
3 Oda Momoka JPN 222
4 Janicot Hélène FRA 214
5 Röck Magdalena AUT 211
6 Fakhritdinova Dinara RUS 197
7 Posch Katharina AUT 143
8 Brumagne Mathilde BEL 112
9 Lavarda Jenny ITA 106
10 Bacher Barbara AUT 104 For Full Rankings: https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_FS&cup=13_WC
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