17 years old Anraku Kujin The final boulder route needs to be completed on Saturday (May 4th). IFSC World Cup Salt Lake City.
He did just that.
The rising star of Japanese sport climbing led three other climbers to win the second Boulder World Cup of her career and fifth World Cup title overall.
Anraku's compatriots Meichi Narasaki Austrian veteran athlete wins silver medal Jacob Schubert He won his 11th bronze medal in Boulder and his 64th overall.
Anraku won a silver medal in the Salt Lake boulder competition a year ago, and then won his first World Cup boulder title in Innsbruck, Austria. He won Saturday's title in front of a raucous crowd, passing three of the four routes in first place and entering the zone on the fourth.
Both Narasaki and Schubert summited one of the four rocks and formed a zone with the other three.
“I feel this was an important milestone for my training and gave me a lot of confidence going to Paris,” Anraku told commentators. alex honnold Through an interpreter. “When I figured out that last rock movement, I felt like I got it, and when I got to the top I felt really good.
“I was so nervous and felt so tight and stiff, but I'm incredibly happy.”
Late Saturday evening, I want to go home. emma hunt and Sam Watson They swept the titles in both the women's and men's speed climbing events. Watson set a new men's world record last month with a time of 4.79 seconds.
He scored a 4.89 in Saturday's men's final, beating his compatriot. Noah Blatch, who slipped at the start of the race.Hunt was also a clear winner (6.55), of Poland. alexandra kalukka I also slipped at the start of the race.
“I'm very excited about my progress. I'm very happy and very happy to be able to bring home the win,” Watson said on the IFSC broadcast. ”[But] It's not finished yet. More world records will be created. I haven't taken my foot off the pedal at all. ”
The women's boulder competition is scheduled for Sunday (May 5).
