Indoor Weekly: Sean McColl Gets Chongqing Boulder Silver

Sean McColl went into the Chongqing Boulder World Cup this weekend feeling strong and after making Semis had a chance to stand on his first podium of the year.

After a tight Finals, McColl finished in second place, securing his first silver since getting second at the Briancon Lead World Cup in July 2017. In 2015, McColl won the Chongqing Boulder World Cup.

Teammate Alannah Yip advanced to Semis and finished in an impressive 11th. Allison Vest was the only other Canadian in competing in Boulder and finished in 29.

Other Canadian Males finished: Jason Holowach in 27, Nathan Smith 47, Lucas Uchida 55, Seb Lazure 71 and Kye Wotton in 77.

Finals Male/Female
1. Kokoro Fujii / Akioy Noguchi
2. Sean McColl / Miho Nonako
3. Aleksei Rubtsov / Stasa Gejo

Click to watch McColl in Semis and Yip in Qualifiers below.

Super stoked to have made finals at this first World Cup in China!!! ?? I feel like I’m climbing super well this weekend and I’m really excited to see what finals have in store ? ❕ Live stream will start at 17:00 local; first women, then men. Link in profile ⤴️ ❕ ?: @malek_climbing

A post shared by Sean McColl (@mccollsean) on May 6, 2018 at 12:32am PDT

Qualified for semi finals in 11th place here in Chongqing! Watch @mccollsean (qualified 13th) and I on the livestream tomorrow (Saturday May 5) at 6:30pm PST ?????? Video by @malek_climbing of WB3.

A post shared by Alannah Yip (@alannah_yip) on May 5, 2018 at 7:01am PDT