A great final round at the IFSC Bouldering World Cup of Vail assigned the victory to the Austrian team, with Fischhuber and Stöhr on the highest step of the podium. The atmosphere in Vail, in the framework of the well known Teva Mountain Games, was vibrant with excitement and expectation for what promised to be a perfect competition, and the cheers of the audience accompanied the athletes all the time, psyching them up. Kilian Fischhuber mastered the finals by flashing all boulders, while his Russian rival, Dmitry Sharafutdinov, made one attempt too much in sending all four problems. Third, with a bronze medal, the German Jonas Baumann, with two tops in 4 attempts. Anna Stöhr, in great shape, was the only woman to top all four boulders, while Alex Puccio (USA) and Melissa Le Neve sent only 3 in respectively 3 and 8 attempts. Kilian now is very close to the first ranked in the Boulder WC Ranking 2011, the Russian Sharafutdinov; Anna leads at a distance the women ranking, with Akiyo Noguchi (JPN) in second position.

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The IFSC Bouldering World Cup closed last Saturday with the event in Munich, Germany. The competition awarded the World Cup titles to the Austrians Anna Stöhr -- winner of the World Championship in Arco -- and to Kilian Fischhuber, although neither of them stepped up for the first place in Munich. In the women's field, the Slovenian Mina Markovic gains the gold medal with 3 tops 3 out of 4; the home athlete Juliane Wurm, galvanized by her public, sends one boulder more than Anna Stöhr and thus gets the silver medal, with Stohr in third place. The Russian Dmitry Sharafutdinov, World Champion in Arco, shows again his great shape with four boulders climbed on first attempt; but most impressive is the fact that only Russian athletes are on the podium at the last bouldering competition of the year: Rustam Gelmanov is second, and Alexey Rubtsov is third.

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A short video from qualifiers at the IFSC Bouldering World Cup presented by Pyramide at the 2010 Teva Mountain Games on 6.4.10. a The Teva Mountain Games are a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. Complete event details can be found at www.tevamountaingames.com.

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Alex Johnson flashes her 2nd problem in the finals at the IFSC Bouldering World Cup at the Teva Mountain Games.

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Melissa Le Neve climbs the third problem in the IFSC Bouldering World Cup. Held a Cliffhanger 2011, Sheffield.

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Paul Robinson sends his 2nd problem in the IFSC Bouldering World Cup Finals at the Teva Mountain Games.

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Mina Markovic (SLO) and Rustam Gelmanov (RUS) are the winners of the second event of the 2012 IFSC Bouldering World Cup. In the women, Mina confirms her huge talent, after her fantastic 2011 season, when she got the IFSC Lead World Cup (but she also won one event in the Bouldering World Cup in Munich). In Log Dragomer, she wins ahead of Shauna Coxsey (GBR) and Anna Stöhr (AUT). In the men, Rustam, bronze at the 2011 Arco World Championship, comes back to gold after three years (Wien 2009). Silver to Kilian Fischhuber (AUT) and bronze to Thomas Tauporn (GER).

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In a stellar final, Rustam Gelmanov (RUS) confirms his extraordinary condition and wins again - sending all the four final boulders in seven attempts - the third event of the 2012 IFSC Bouldering World Cup, in Vienna. Silver medal to his compatriot and reigning World Champion Dmitrii Sharafutdinov, bronze to Kilian Fischhuber (AUT). In the women, Akiyo Noguchi (JPN) confirms the gold from the first event in China and sends all the four final boulders in six attempts. Silver goes to Mina Markovic and bronze to Alex Puccio (USA), back to podium after nine months (Sheffield 2011).

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The Austrian iron couple, Anna Stöhr and Kilian Fischhuber, got a awesome victory in front of their crowd in Innsbruck. In an enthusiastic sold out Marketplatz, the podium was completed by Shauna Coxsey (GBR) and Melissa Le Neve (FRA), and, in the men, by Rustam Gelmanov (RUS) and Sean McColl (CAN). As a result of this success, Anna Stohr takes the lead (2 points on Noguchi) in the World Cup Ranking, while Rustam Gelmanov is solidly at the top of the men's, 100 points ahead of Fischhuber.

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Daniel Woods climbing the third problem at the IFSC Bouldering World Cup. Held at Cliffhanger, Sheffield.

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Sachi Amma climbs Finals route at IFSC Lead World Cup in Boulder Colorado. October 9, 2011 Movement Climbing and Fitness

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Akiyo Noguchi (JPN) and Jakob Schubert (AUT) are the gold medalists of the 2012 IFSC World Cup first event, held in Chongqing, China.

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Highlights from the 2011 IFSC Bouldering World Cup presented by GoalZero at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado. The Teva Mountain Games are a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. Complete event details can be found at www.tevamountaingames.com.

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A short women's highlight video from the IFSC Bouldering World Cup finals presented by Pyramide at the 2010 Teva Mountain Games on 6.5.10. Chloe Graftiaux - 1st Place Anna Stohr - 2nd Place Julian Wurm - 3rd Place The Teva Mountain Games are a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. Complete event details can be found at www.tevamountaingames.com.

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Highlights from the Bouldering WC in Eindhoven (NED)

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Highlights from the Men's and Women's Bouldering World Championships, Teva Games 2011 in Vail, Colorado.

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Kilian Fischhuber climbs the third problem in the IFSC Bouldering World Cup. Held a Cliffhanger 2011, Sheffield.

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Highlights from the Bouldering WC in Eindhoven (NED)

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Sasha DiGiulian climbs Semi Final route at IFSC Lead World Cup in Boulder Colorado. October 9, 2011 Movement Climbing and Fitness

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Johanna Ernst climbs Finals route to WIN at IFSC Lead World Cup in Boulder Colorado. October 9, 2011 Movement Climbing and Fitness

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Sasha DiGiulian climbs Finals route at IFSC Lead World Cup in Boulder Colorado. October 9, 2011 Movement Climbing and Fitness

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Carlo Traversi climbs Semi Final route at IFSC Lead World Cup in Boulder Colorado. October 9, 2011

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Matty Hong climbs Finals route at IFSC Lead World Cup in Boulder Colorado. October 9, 2011 Movement Climbing and Fitness

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Highlights of the Boulderig WC in Vienna (AUT)

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Highlights of the Bouldering WC in Log Dragomer - SLO

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1st Qualifier at 2011 IFSC Boulder World Cup in Canmore Alberta

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Daniel Woods flashes mens problem 5 in the qualifiers for the IFSC Bouldering World Cup presented by Pyramide at the 2009 Teva Mountain Games. The Teva Mountain Games are a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. Complete details can be found at www.tevamountaingames.com.

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The Sheffield Boulder World Cup 2010 was a lovely event taking place in a circus tent on a grassy fairground. Fortunately weather forecasts were wrong and we enjoyed perfect english boulder conditions! Good news for the last BWC in Munich on the last weekend of July: almost every outcome is still possible with Adam Ondra winning and Kilian Fischhuber not being in the finals for the first time this year! Same is true with the girls where Sheffield winner Chloé Graftiaux, third place Akiyo Noguchi and Anna Stöhr (not in the finals this time) all still can win the Boulder World Cup 2010! We were not entirely happy with the route setting this time and show longer takes of the actual climbing than on previous "Boulder WC reports" to make our point. Specifically, we thought the girls' problems were too reach depended and we are not excited about those "pro-forma-two-hands-on-something-pseudo-tops" (watch for the yellow dihedral and Anna Stöhr falling off three times in the clip!) If you think differently, please join the discussion about route setting. Also stay tuned for our thorough analysis of the "State of the Art of route setting" later this year! On another technical note concerning our "Boulder World Cup 2010 reports" - they walk a fine line between being "fast out" and "interesting & informative". Yes, lower thirds with competitors names would be nice, but mind you, these clips are edited by me immediately after returning from the very draining comps and are meant to <b>...</b>

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Video highlights from the Men's IFSC Bouldering World Cup Presented by Pyramide at the Teva Mountain Games on 6.5.10. Daniel Woods took top honors in the event after a second place finish in 2009. The Teva Mountain Games are a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. Complete event details can be found at www.tevamountaingames.com.

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www.worldcupboulder.nl IFSC World Cup Boulder Eindhoven 2010 promo. 25 & 26 June - Klokgebouw Strijp S. Eindhoven, The Netherlands Bouldering, Eindhoven, World Cup

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Have to keep that short since I'm already halfway on the plane to Colorado for next weekends event in Vail. Kilian won by a bigger margin this time, doing one more problem than Adam in the semis as well as in the finals. The girls' problems seemed to be more attractive to me and we saw a stunning display of asian bouldering style by Akiyo Noguchi, Momoka Oda and the very impressive Ja-In Kim from Korea. Stay tuned for more soon ...

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Last weekend in Sheffield the Austrian Kilian Fischhuber assured the World Cup 2011 with his 5th victory, which brought him to 560 points in the 2011 ranking - with his direct rival Sharafutdinov following at 430, and one competition left to close the Boulder World Cup 2011. Second on the podium Cedric Lachat (SUI), third the Russian Alexey Rubtsov, with respectively 5 and 13 attempts to complete 2 problems. Gold in the women's field was awarded to Akiyo Noguchi (JPN), at her 4th victory of the year; nevertheless, Anna Stöhr (6th in Sheffield) remains at the top of the 2011 ranking. Silver goes to the French Melissa Le Neve, and bronze to Alex Puccio (USA). The Boulder World Cup will be back with the final competition in Munich in August; but all the best climbers will gather in two weeks in Arco for the IFSC World Championship...

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Jain Kim and Kilian Fischhuber were the winners of the first Boulder World Cup of the 2011 season in Milano. I kept the report rather short since I already uploaded most of the individual boulder problems, still, the split screens really give so much more information about the route setting but also about the technique of the competitors! As usual, check out www.ifsc-climbing.org for all additional info and www.udini.com for "behind-the-scenes" reports.

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Highlights from the women's bouldering at the IFSC WCH Pre-event in Arco (ITA)

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Highlights from the IFSC WCH Pre-event in Arco (ITA)

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Udo Neumann explains how the Boulder World Cup reports were made. This first part deals with the 3 different cameras that were used, the Nikon D5000, 2 GoPro HDs and 2 Kodak Zx1...

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