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This is the only place I’d never won before" added Rainer "so this victory is very special." "The structure at Champagny," commented Rainer, "is beautiful, with lots of overhanging ice, I always enjoy climbing here and manage to climb my best. Among the finalists was Canadian youngster Noah Beek who finished in seventh.Korea’s Park HeeYong and Italy’s Angelika Rainer won the French leg of the Ice Climbing World Cup after finishing second in last week’s Ice Climbing World Championship at Rabenstein, in Val Passiria.įor the second time this season Angelika Rainer from Italy won a stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup presented by The North Face. A surprise bronze medal was claimed by Lee YoungGeon, considered by many to be the natural heir to the great HeeYong Park. Kuzovlev adds a lead gold to his two first places in speed. That was until Nikolai Kuzovlev, a less measured but speedier climber by nature, stole victory with the very last climb of the men’s lead competition. Fate seemed to be in Tomilov’s favour when World Tour leader Alexey Dengin failed to make it through to the Finals and when with just one athlete still to climb he became the first climber to top the route in Kirov. Maxim Tomilov had taken three silver medals in four World Cups and like Tolokonina was a multi-World Tour winner on the hunt for a first gold of the season. Men’s Lead. Kuzovlev takes glory, Tomilov the World Tour Tolokonina took second place (390) and Song third (330). Silver medal in Kirov ensured lead 2017 World Champion Woonseon Shin (440 points) won the World Tour competition. Shin was the highest scoring athlete across all competitions. Holland’s Marianne van der Steen, eighth place, performed impressively in reaching the Finals for the first time this season. For the fifth straight competition, Ekaterina Vlasova finished in fourth place. On her home wall, Tolokinina produced a measured and controlled performance coming close to the topping the route and taking that long-awaited gold medal.
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South Korean’s Woonseon Shin (slipping with seconds to spare at clip 12) and Hannarai Song (falling at clip 11) both registered impressive climbs. Slick performances in the qualification and semi-finals, where she was the best performing athlete, built momentum going into the final climb. With her lead form vastly superior to her performance in this year’s speed competition, this was her opportunity.
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Following two bronze and as many silver medals, she was chasing a first elusive gold of the season. Four-time World Tour winner in lead, five-time in speed and reigning World Champion in speed, she had a point to prove in Kirov. Maria Tolokonina (main photo) is a brilliant and versatile ice climber. In front of another vast audience through the UIAA’s YouTube , Facebook and Twitter channels and through livestreaming partners the Olympic Channel and EXTREME, another feast of relentless ice climbing was provided.
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At their home World Cup, some of the world’s leading ice climbers embraced the opportunity to end the season quite literally on a high.Ī superb 2018 UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour, partnered by The North Face Korea, which witnessed five contrasting and enthralling World Cup events on two continents and five countries, concluded in Kirov, Russia from 2-4 March.