It was a tough day for our Canadian athletes today at the IFSC Bouldering World Cup in Haiyang, China.
On the Women’s side, Stacey Weldon was one spot away from making finals. With a fantastic performance last weekend, Stacey has learned a lot over the past two weeks and we are sure we will see her come back stronger. Stacey was the only female Canadian athlete to make the trek to China.
On the Men’s side of the competition, a number of Canadian athletes took to the qualifying round, with Sebastien Lazure (33rd), Andrew Difelice (35th), and Eric Sethna (35th) all placing one after each other. Jason Holowach had difficult round, placing 45th in the field. Unfortunately, none of our Canadian athletes made Semi-finals. Taking into consideration the skill and talent of these four individuals, I think it is safe to say that the qualifying round for the Men was quite difficult. Hats off to everyone for giving it their best.
Sean McColl was missing from all the action. According to reports, Sean is in Las Vegas right for American Ninja Warrior and recently onsighted Screaming Target (5..13c) in Mt. Charleston. It was also reported that he had a chance to try Ghetto Booty (5.14d) and perhaps we will see a send over the next few days.
Women’s Open
1. NOGUCHI Akiyo JPN
2. COXSEY Shauna GBR
3. NONAKA Miho JPN
3. SA Sol KOR
5. SCHWAIGER Berit AUT
6 BLAIR-COYLE Sierra USA
7. SAURWEIN Katharina AUT
8. CAULIER Chloé BEL
9. KLINGLER Petra SUI
10. JIANG Rong CHN
11. LE NEVE Melissa FRA
12. CRANE Leah GBR
13. OBA Miwa JPN
14. HOSONO Kaori JPN
15. KRUDER Julija SLO
16. KIM Minseon KOR
17. NIU di CHN
18. RENQING Lamu CHN
19. KOBAYASHI Yuka JPN
19. ZIJLSTRA Vera NED
21. WELDON Stacey CAN
Men’s Open
1. CHON Jongwon KOR
1. LEVIER Alban FRA
3. NAKANO Minoru JPN
3. ONDRA Adam CZE
5. SHARAFUTDINOV Dmitrii RUS
5. SUGIMOTO Rei JPN
7. FUJII Kokoro JPN
7. GELMANOV Rustam RUS
9. CORNU Manuel FRA
9. PICCOLRUAZ Michael ITA
11 HORI Tsukuru JPN
11. YAMAUCHI Makoto JPN
13. BARATZADEH Gholamali IRI
13. HOJER Jan GER
13. KASSAY James AUS
16. BONDER Jeremy FRA
17. COLEMAN Nathaniel USA
17. MECHERZYNSKI- WIKTOR Andrzej POL
19. BLASER Benjamin SUI
19. MA Zida CHN
19. NARASAKI Tomoa JPN
33. LAZURE Sebastien CAN
35. DIFELICE Andre CAN
35. SETHNA Eric CAN
45 HOLOWACH Jason CAN
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