IFSC 2016 World Cup: Japan Conquers Munich Bouldering Finale

The Bouldering World Cup season has wrapped-up in Munich with 241 climbers registered for qualifiers. The competition was stiff and some of the world’s best didn’t make it to Semis. Canada was well represented by the men, including Nathan Smith (finished 73rd), Andre DeFelice (75th), Ayo Sopeju (83rd), Elan Jonas McRae (109), Tristen Gosselin (111). And by Canadian women, including Alannah Yip (29th), Allison Vest (55th), Alison Stewart-Patterson (73rd) and Kristina Jellema (75th).

Well that's a wrap for me at the #ifsc World Cup here in Munich. All the problems were tons of fun, but my climbing fell short on a couple of them today. Happy to report though that I'm starting to get into a much better head space for world cups. Psyched to watch semis tomorrow, I'll be cheering as loud as possible! Shoutout to @nataliebaertschi for crushing her qualis round in the the background of this photo ? Special thanks to the incredibly talented @liamlonsdale for this superb shot!#teamCanada #hiveclimbing #slabonslab #munich?? @hiveclimbing

A photo posted by Allison Vest (@allison.vest) on Aug 12, 2016 at 1:03pm PDT

As it turns out, 4 tops in 8 attempts yesterday wasn't enough to advance past the qualifier round. I was a little disappointed, but quickly forgot about that watching @nataliebaertschi crush the semis problems this morning ?? Hopefully I can be back on form for the World Championships in a month! Photo by @vladek_zumr, who always gets the coolest shots ?

A photo posted by Alannah Yip (@alannah_yip) on Aug 13, 2016 at 5:28am PDT

Here we go!!! #joerockheads #munich #ifscwc #bouldering #climbing #rockclimbing #isoforever

A photo posted by Ayo Sopeju (@think_ele) on Aug 11, 2016 at 2:06pm PDT

The Munich World Cup podiums were topped with two powerful Japanese climbers, Tomoa Narasaki and Miho Nonaka. Fellow Japanese crusher Akiyo Noguchi finished third for the women. The overall 2016 World Cup winners were Narasaki and Shauna Coxsey. Top six results below, full results here.

Male / Female Munich Results
1. Tomoa Narasaki (Japan) / Miho Nonaka (Japan)
2. Jongwon Chon (Korea) / Shauna Coxsey (U.K.)
3. Alexey Rubtsov (Russia) / Akiyo Noguchi (Japan)
4. David Firenburg (Germany) / Melissa Le Neve (France)
5. Mickael Mawem (France) / Stasa Gejo (Serbia)
6. Manuel Cornu (France) / Julija Kruder (Slovenia)

Male / Female World Cup Overall
1. Tomoa Narasaki (Japan) / Shauna Coxsey (U.K.)
2. Kokoro Fujii (Japan) / Miho Nonaka (Japan)
3. Alexey Rubtsov (Russia) / Melissa Le Neve (France)
4. Jongwon Chon (Korea) / Akiyo Noguchi (Japan)
5. Rustam Gelmanov (Russia) / Monika Retschy (Germany)

To watch Canadians in the Munich Qualifiers, click on the clips below.

The first Canadian is on the wall in this long qualifier round. @andredifelice with a flash⚡️ #ifscwc #climbcanada #climbing #bouldering

A video posted by @climbcanada on Aug 12, 2016 at 12:39am PDT

Really proud of everyone's performance yesterday, here's @think_ele on his second qualifier problem #ifscwc #climbcanada #bouldering #climbing

A video posted by @climbcanada on Aug 13, 2016 at 12:31am PDT

@allison.vest with a flash on her first problem⚡️

A video posted by @climbcanada on Aug 12, 2016 at 8:56am PDT

Here's @alannah_yip with a top on her first qualifier problem #ifscwc #bouldering #climbcanada #climbing

A video posted by @climbcanada on Aug 12, 2016 at 8:16am PDT