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IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MUNICH 2014: SE WURM & ONDRA CLAIM 2014 BOULDER WORLD CHAMPION TITLES!

The 2014 IFSC Boulder World Championships were held in Munich, this August 21-23, 2014. The world’s top boulderers gave their all before a crowd of more than 6,000 supporters in a suspense-filled final that came down to the last attempts of the very last problem! In the end, Germany’s Juliane Wurm took gold on home soil and the Czech Republic’s Adam Ondra clinched his first Boulder World Champion title!

The 2014 Boulder World Championships were a nail-biter, attemps, and Hojer, the last climber on the last problem, and IFSC climbers, driven by a hugely supportive crowd, had to top out in fewer attempts to take the title. Hojer put on a spectacular show in the impressive Munich was not able to make the top, and Ondra took gold with a Olympic Stadium. score of 4 tops in 16 attempts. Jernej Kruder of Slovenia took silver with 3 tops in 12 attempts and 4 bonuses in 13, Suspenseful fight for gold down to the wire and Hojer took bronze with 3 tops in 12 attempts and 3 OFFICIAL PRESSRELEA OFFICIAL bonuses in 9. The women’s competition saw the return of a more 2014 relaxed Alex Puccio (USA) after the Vail World Cup in Next stop: Arco (ITA) SATURDAY June, and the break from competition did wonders for her 23RD AUGUST climbing. While the rest of the field struggled for a single This August 30-31, Arco, in northern Italy, will host the last top, she easily topped the first two boulders, as well as IFSC Speed World Cup before the World Championships in the last run-and-jump problem. Germany’s Juliane Wurm, Gijón, Spain in September. The city is also hosting the spurred on by the positively electric home crowd, kept on Rockmaster Lead and Boulder international event, so it Puccio’s tail, and climbing the final problem of the will be a weekend to please any climbing fan! competition, managed to top with fewer attempts than Puccio and clinch the title with 3 tops in 8 attempts. More information on the event, as well as live streaming of Puccio took silver with three tops in 9 attempts, and the semi-finals and finals on: Japan’s Akiyo Noguchi took bronze with a final score of 1 top in 1 attempt. http://www.ifsc-climbing.org

The men’s field was just as suspenseful, with the last As always, we are present on Twitter during competitions, problem deciding who would reign on the podium, the so reach out with the hashtag #IFSCwc. Czech Republic’s Adam Ondra or Germany’s . Adam climbed before Jan to a score of 4 tops in 16

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RESULTS OF IFSC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MUNICH 2014 - BOULDER

SE WOMEN:

RANK NAME NATION POINTS

1 Wurm Juliane GER 3T8 2 Puccio Alex USA 3T9

3 Noguchi Akiyo JPN 1T1

4 Coxsey Shauna GBR 1T4 5 Le Nevé Mélissa FRA 3B3

6 Tracy Michaela GBR 3B5

For Full Results: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!comp=1499&cat=5

MEN:

RANK NAME NATION POINTS

1 Ondra Adam CZE 4T16

OFFICIAL PRESSRELEA OFFICIAL 2 Kruder Jernej SLO 3T12

3 Hojer Jan GER 3t12

2014 4 Glairon Mondet Guillaume FRA 2t6 SATURDAY 23RD 5 Sharafutdinov Dmitrii RUS 1t4 AUGUST 6 Hori Tsukuru JPN 2B9

For Full Results: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/world-competition/calendar#!comp=1499&cat=6

REPLAY Boulder Semi-final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJJSPdsjupw Boulder Final: 12 hours after the event, replay will be available on www.youtube.com/sportclimbing

PHOTOS A selection of photos from Munich can be found Monday morning on our flickr page here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/123572206@N08/

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IFSC World Cup (S) 2014 Arco (ITA), August 30-31, 2014 SE Provisional program (GMT+2)

Saturday, August 30

10h00-14h30 – Speed qualification for men & women

Sunday, August 31

11h00-12h00 – Speed 1/8 final for men & women (live streaming)

12h00-12h30 – Speed 1/4 final for men & women (live streaming)

12h30-13h00 – Speed final for men & women (live streaming)

OFFICIAL PRESSRELEA OFFICIAL

2014 SATURDAY 23RD AUGUST

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2014 SATURDAY 23RD AUGUST