Bouldering World Cup 2011 won by Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr

Munich hosted the the final stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2011 last Friday and Saturday and after the pause for the World Championship in Arco - won by Dmitry Sharafutdinov from Russia and Anna Stöhr from Austria - the ultimate leg was won by Sharafutdinov and Mina Markovic from Slovenia.


Sharafutdinov and Markovic won in front of a 5000 strong crowd and obviously eyes were focussed not only on this stage but also overall 2011 victory. While Fischhuber had won his record-breaking 5th title one comp in advance, the women's event went down to the wire, with Anna Stöhr battling for supremacy against 2009 and 2010 winner Akiyo Noguchi from Japan.

Prior to Munich the two were separated by a mere 5 points and both qualified for the highly anticipated final (Stöhr provisional 1st, Noguchi 4th) and in the end Stöhr dealt with the pressure better and finished 3rd behind Mina Markovic and Juliane Wurm, while Noguchi ceded ground to Shauna Coxsey and Yana Cheresneva and finished 6th. This "slip" cost her dearly as the World Cup 2011 now returns to Austria, just like in 2008 but with an important difference: this season Stöhr won both the World Championship and the World Cup and her domination is therefore absolute.

Talking of domination: in the men's event the Russians put on a glaring dispaly of raw power with Dmitry Sharafutdinov unbeatable (he flashed all four final problems) ahead of Rustam Gelmanov and Alexey Rubtsov. Klemen Becan finished 4th, Mykhaylo Shalagin 5th and Kilian Fischhuber - understandably relaxed - nevertheless qualified for his nth final and finished 6th.

The curtain now falls on this long 2011 season and will open once again, after the winter break, in April 2012 with the first stage in Slovenia's Log-Dragomer.


IFSC Climbing Worldcup (B) - Munich (GER) 2011

Men
1	Dmitry	Sharafutdinov	RUS
2	Rustam	Gelmanov	RUS
3	Alexey	Rubtsov	RUS
4	Klemen	Becan	SLO
5	Mykhaylo	Shalagin	UKR
6	Kilian	Fischhuber	AUT
Women
1	Mina	Markovic	SLO
2	Juliane	Wurm	GER
3	Anna	Stöhr	AUT
4	Shauna	Coxsey	GBR
5	Yana	Chereshneva	RUS
6	Akiyo	Noguchi	JPN

Bouldering World Cup 2011 - Final ranking

Men
1	Kilian	Fischhuber	AUT	600
2	Dmitry	Sharafutdinov	RUS	531
3	Guillaume	Glairon Mondet	FRA	423
4	Tsukuru	Hori	JPN	348
5	Alexey	Rubtsov	RUS	338
6	Rustam	Gelmanov	RUS	329
7	Klemen	Becan	SLO	323
8	Loïc	Gaidioz	FRA	260
9	Daniel	Woods	USA	218
10	Lukas	Ennemoser	AUT	204
11	Thomas	Caleyron	FRA	202
12	Jonas	Baumann	GER	190
13	Sean	McColl	CAN	189
14	Francois	Kaiser	FRA	170
15	Nicky	de Leeuw	NED	169
16	Cédric	Lachat	SUI	143
17	Stewart	Watson	GBR	142
18	Stefan	Danker	GER	138
19	Jakob	Schubert	AUT	117
20	Casper	Ten Sijthoff	NED	109
Women
1	Anna	Stöhr	AUT	652
2	Akiyo	Noguchi	JPN	633
3	Alex	Puccio	USA	502
4	Melissa	Le Neve	FRA	427
5	Mina	Markovic	SLO	385
6	Juliane	Wurm	GER	375
7	Jain	Kim	KOR	275
8	Alex	Johnson	USA	273
9	Anne-Laure	Chevrier	FRA	250
10	Katharina	Saurwein	AUT	248
11	Mélanie	Sandoz	FRA	228
12	Vera	Zijlstra	NED	175
13	Petra	Klingler	SUI	158
14	Cecile	Avezou	FRA	143
15	Olga	Shalagina	UKR	130
16	Alizée	Dufraisse	FRA	119
17	Sabine	Bacher	AUT	112
18	Jenny	Lavarda	ITA	103
19	Shauna	Coxsey	GBR	95
20	Yana	Chereshneva	RUS	91