Bouldering World Cup. Levet and Dulac win in Birmingham

UIAA Worldcup Birmingham (GBR) 2004. 02-04 April 2004. Sandrine Levet and Daniel Dulac win the first stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2004.

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April 2004

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The Climbing World Cup 2004 season finally got underway in Birmigham last weekend with the Bouldering event. Things started much where they had left off in the women's competition: Sandrine Levet, winner in 2003, beat arch rival Olga Bibik into second place, while Jenny Lavarda, more renowned for her Difficulty results, placed third.

In the men's competition Daniel Dulac's indisputable class guaranteed him his second World Cup victory (after Grenoble 1999), while Kilian Fischhuber, third in Rovereto last year, produced his best ever World Cup performance to place second. And talking of best ever performances: making the most of the home crowd, Gareth Parry upped his seventh place in Edinburgh last year and placed third, while teammate Mark Croxall placed fourth. Title holder Jerome Meyer placed fifth.

36 men and 21 women competed in Birmingham. Some high calibre athletes such as Christian Core, Mauro Calibani, Salavat Rakhmetov and Serik Kazbekhov were absent, but the season has only just begun and the next stage, in Germany's Erlangen, is scheduled for 16-17 April.

Final results women
1 Levet Sandrine FRA
2 Bibik Olga RUS
3 Lavarda Jenny ITA
4 Abramtchouk Ioulia RUS
5 Abgrall Emilie FRA
6 Rogeaux Fanny FRA
7 Danion Juliette FRA
8 Theroux Corinne FRA
9 Berry Samantha AUS
10 Sedlmayer Katrin GER
11 Marchisio Stella ITA
12 Son MÃ©lanie FRA
13 Hughes Lucinda GBR
14 Dufraisse AlizÃ©e FRA
15 Sancho Berta Martin ESP
16 Mills Katherin GBR
17 Gordon Jo GBR
18 Oakley Sian GBR
19 Hawke Emma NZL
20 Martindale Alison GBR
21 Atkinson Lucy GBR

Final results men
1 Dulac Daniel FRA
2 Fischhuber Kilian AUT
3 Parry Gareth GBR
4 Croxall Mark GBR
5 Meyer JÃ©rÃ´me FRA
6 Earl Andrew GBR
7 Laurence Ludovic FRA
8 Meral Julien FRA
9 Julien Stephane FRA
10 Repcik Marek SVK
11 Jongeneelen Wouter NED
12 Sugden Tom GBR
13 Lavanna Giovanni ITA
14 Bradley Dan GBR
15 Borowka Andre GER
15 Dutray Mathieu FRA
17 Cehovin Urh SLO
17 Edwards Marc AUS
19 Chrastina Andrej SVK
20 Vincent Gary GBR
21 Neuhaus Thorsten GER
22 Borowka Karsten GER
23 WÃ¼rth Peter GER
24 Karlsen Gunnar NOR
25 West Ben GBR
26 Brechet Alexandre FRA
27 Benk Christian GER
28 Clement Nick GBR
29 Gras Julien FRA
29 Royer Eric FRA
31 Mackenzie Roddy GBR
31 Raillard Olivier FRA
33 Glemarec Vincent FRA
34 Ecoffet Nicolas FRA
35 Graham Chris GBR
36 Glemarec Florian FRA