Coxsey and Watabe Take Gold at 2017 Nanjing World Cup
Shauna Coxsey and Keita Watabe take the gold medals at the 2017 IFSC Bouldering World Cup in Nanjing, China, plus two new speed climbing wold records.
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The third IFSC Bouldering World Cup and the second IFSC Speed World Cup of the year, hosted in Nanjing,
China, took place amid high temperatures but the standard of climbing was once again exceptional. Two new world records were set in the men’s and women’s
speed events, along with a great showing in the bouldering comp.
In the women’s bouldering, Shauna Coxsey returned to the top spot for her second win of the season after topping all four problems in finals, including
the technical slab of W3, which was the deciding problem between herself and last week’s Chongqing winner, 18-year old Janja Garnbret of Slovenia, who placed second this time around. Miho Nonaka of Japan
was the only other competitor to top W3 and she finished off the podium in third with two tops.
In the men’s event, Keita Watabe of Japan climbed well throughout the competition, qualifying in second place. In finals, he topped all four boulders to
secure his first bouldering world cup victory. Watabe’s teammate Tomoa Narasaki was the only competitor other than Watabe to master the technical
M1 problem, which, along with two other tops, led him to second place on the podium. Jernej Kruder of Slovenia, who topped two problems, rounded out
the podium in third.
The next IFSC Bouldering World Cup will be held in Tokyo, Japan, on May 6 and 7.
In the speed climbing competition, gold medalists and reigning champion Iuliia Kaplina of Russia and Reza Alipourshenazandifar of Iran, both set new world
records. Kaplina broke the record, which she set only last weekend in Chongqing, by .08 seconds in the final against her teammate Mariia Krasavina,
who took second place. Anouck Jaubert of France placed third after Anna Tsyganova of Russia made a false start in the small final.
In the men’s semi-final round, Alipourshenazandifar shaved .06 seconds off the long-standing men’s world record of 5.60 seconds, which has stood since
2014. The Iranian did not post a time above six seconds throughout the competition and claimed victory in the finals after silver medalist Aleksandr
Shikov of Russia fell mid climb. Vladislav Deulin of Russia, who won last weekend at Chongqing, beat Bassa Mawem of France in the final to take third
place.
RESULTS
Bouldering – Finals
WomenMen
1. Shauna Coxsey (GBR), 4t12 4b12 1. Keita Watabe (JPN), 4t9 4b8
2. Janja Garnbret (SLO), 3t7 3b7 2. Tomoa Narasaki (JPN), 3t6 4b7
3. Miho Nonaka (JPN), 2t6 4b15 3. Jernej Kruder (SLO), 2t5 3b5
4. Jain Kim (KOR), 1t5 2b11 4. Jongwon Chon (KOR), 1t1 3b8
5. Aya Onoe (JPN), 0t 3b8 5. Manuel Cornu (FRA), 0t 3b3
6. Mei Kotake (JPN), 0t 1b3 6. Rei Sugimoto (JPN), 0t 3b4
Full results from the World Cup in Nanjing can be found on the IFSC website.