IFSC WORLD CUP PUURS 2013: BIG MOVES AND WELL-

DESERVED VICTORIES SeptemberIN PUURS 21st was the day of (KOR) and (AUT)! In a sweeping competition Korea’s leading female climber and the reigning male Lead world champion from Austria won gold at the IFSC Lead World Cup Puurs 2013.

More than 110 athletes from all over the world took part in the only Lead World Cup event in Belgium this year at the Klimax semi-outdoors dome in the city of Puurs. This weekend it was on Jain Kim and Jakob Schubert to show their great late summer shape – what else is new for Korea’s climbing queen in Flanders?

Jain Kim and Puurs: A gilded love story

By now, Jain Kim knows the podium in Puurs like the back of her hand: this is the fourth time Monday, in a row Korea’s most successful sports climbing export was unbeatable in Belgium. Starting d 23 off with a top in the qualification, Jain Kim did not lose her lead until the end of the September competition, strong Mina Markovic and Momoka Oda always close on her heels. A last top in 2013 the final round finally ensured Jain Kim’s second victory in 2013. Silver went to fledgling Rock Master Mina Markovic, and Bronze to Momoka Oda from Japan.

Jakob Schubert back on top

The men’s competition offered an open race until the end: With Sachi Amma, Magnus Mitboe, Romain Desranges, Ramón Julian Puigblanqe and Jakob Schubert all neck-and-neck after the semi-final with five tops. In the final round multi-discipline climber Sean McColl secured an initial lead after an impressive one-handed dynamo and a height of 39+ until Jakob Schubert entered the final route as the first of the last three athletes. The Austrian bested his Canadian competitor with a height of 44+, a result neither Sachi Amma (39+) nor Ramón Julian Puigblanqe (30+) could beat – this is the first win of the season for the twenty-two-year-old Tyrolean. Silver and Bronze went to Lead Overall World Cup leader Sachi Amma and Canada’s Sean McColl!

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Results of IFSC World Cup Puurs 2013

Men :

Rank NAME Nation

1 Schubert Jakob AUT

2 AMMA Sachi JPN

3 McColl Sean CAN

4 Desgranges Romain FRA

5 Romain Manuel FRA

6 Midtboe Magnus NOR

7 Julian Puigblanque Ramón ESP

8 Min Hyunbin KOR

9 Skofic Domen SLO For Full Results: https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/latest-results#!comp=1457&cat=1

Women :

Monday, Rank NAME Nation 23d 1 Kim Jain KOR September 2013 2 Markovic Mina SLO

3 ODA Momoka JPN

4 Fakhritdinova Dinara RUS

5 Noguchi Akiyo JPN

6 VERHOEVEN Anak BEL

7 Janicot Hélène FRA

8 Röck Magdalena AUT For Full Results: https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/latest-results#!comp=1457&cat=2

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Current Rankings IFSC World Cup 2013 – Lead – (After three events: 21/09/2013) Men:

Rank NAME Nation Points

1 AMMA Sachi JPN 260

2 Julian Puigblanque Ramón ESP 208

3 Schubert Jakob AUT 188

4 Romain Manuel FRA 139

5 Midtboe Magnus NOR 129

6 Min Hyunbin KOR 121

7 Supper Gautier FRA 117

8 Ballet Thomas FRA 115

8 Desgranges Romain FRA 115

10 McColl Sean CAN 99 For Full Rankings: https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world- competition/calendar#!type=ranking&cat=ICC_M&cup=13_WC

Monday, Women: 23d September Rank NAME Nation Final 2013 1 Kim Jain KOR 265 2 Markovic Mina SLO 260

3 Janicot Hélène FRA 163

4 ODA Momoka JPN 157

5 Fakhritdinova Dinara RUS 150

6 Röck Magdalena AUT 131

7 Posch Katharina AUT 100

8 Noguchi Akiyo JPN 98

9 Bacher Barbara AUT 80

10 Brumagne Mathilde BEL 75 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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National Team Rankings

Rank NATION Points Rank

1 FRA France 460 1

2 JPN Japan 413 2

3 AUT Austria 375 3

4 SLO Slovenia 364 4

5 RUS Russia 270 5

6 KOR Korea 257 6

7 ESP Spain 195 7

8 ITA Italy 142 8

8 SUI Suisse 142 8

10 GER Germany 129 10

11 NOR Norway 106 11

Monday, 12 BEL Belgium 89 12 23d September 13 NED Netherlands 50 13 2013 14 CAN Canada 34 14

15 VEN Venezuela 24 15

16 SWE Sweden 9 16

16 UKR Ukraine 9 16

18 CHI Chile 7 18

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