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Jongwon Chon Wins Legends Only 2016 in Sweden

Five of the world’s top climbers gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, at the Klättercentret Akalla climbing gym for the La Sportiva Legends Only 2016 competition. Some of the world’s top boulderers went head to head, including Jongwon Chon from Korea, Rustam Gelmanov from Russia, Kokoro Fujii from Japan, Alexander Megos from Germany and Jimmy Webb from America.

Webb had suffered from food poisoning the night before the competition, but insisted on competing. He climbed strong on all five boulders. The winner was ongwon Chon who topped out all five problems in quick time. In second was Kokoro Fujii and in third was Alex Megos. Watch the full event below.

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