Romania Ice Climbing World Cup
Canadians Gord McArthur and Nathan Kutcher made it to semi-finals, but did not make it to the final round.
The UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup in Busteni, Romania took place at a ski resort about 130 kilometres north of the capital Bucharest. The finals came down to the last climber, Maxim Tomilov, who climbed his way into first place, leaving world champion Park Hee Yong in second. It was an exciting second round on the ice climbing world tour. Shin WoonSeon won for the women’s lead said, “I train five hours a day and now I have won a gold medal!” The first round took place in Korea, for results see here. The next stop on the tour is on January 24 and 25 in Saas Fee, Switzerland.
Visit the UIAA website for more details.
What a great finish! Maxim Tomilov edges out Park Hee Yong to take the Lead title in Busteni, Romania #uiaaworldcup #iceclimbing — UIAA (@UIAAmountains) January 18, 2014
Men’s Lead Results
Rank
Name
Country
BIB
Route 1
1
Tomilov Maxim
RUS
110
10.262
2
Park HeeYong
KOR
66
10.262
3
Tarasov Sergey
RUS
56
9.25
4
Kuzovlev Nikolay
RUS
48
7.21
5
Tomilov Alexey
RUS
85
7.21
6
Sypavin Valentyn
UKR
76
6.17
7
Novoseltsev Evgeniy
RUS
65
5.17
8
Proshchenko Radomir
RUS
87
5.16
Women’s Lead Results
Rank
Name
Country
BIB
Route 1
1
Shin WoonSeon
KOR
31
12.33
2
Rainer Angelika
ITA
12
10.28
3
Filippova Maryam
RUS
14
9.28
4
Gallyamova Nadezhda
RUS
29
9.271
5
Hrozova Lucie
CZE
38
8.261
6
Tolokonina Maria
RUS
35
5.17
7
Kulikova Natalya
RUS
26
2.12
8
Song HanNaRai
KOR
32
2.12
