Fischhuber and Levet win in Erlangen

Kilian Fischhuber and Sandrine Levet have won the second stage of the bouldering World Cup 2004, held in Erlangen, Germany, last weekend.
Kilian Fischhuber and Sandrine Levet have won the second stage of the bouldering World Cup 2004, held in Erlangen, Germany, last weekend.

The young Austrian surprised all with a nigh perfect competition, topping out on all six boulders in the Semi-final and a staggering five out of six in the Final. A glance at the overall results underlines how impressive this first World Cup victory really is: second placed Jérôme Meyer, winner of the Cup in 2003, topped out on only 2 problems in the final and Salavat Rakhmetov, the only other athlete to close all six problems in teh Semi, slipped into tenth place after a grueling Final he'll prefer to forget. Ludovic Laurence and Stephane Julien completed the French connection by topping out on two problems in the Final, placing third and fourth respectively.

Sandrine Levet made short work of the German competition, topping out on all six boulders in the Semi-final first go, and sending a total of five boulders in the Final. Ioulia Abramtchouk placed second, only just missing out on overall victory; she was separated from Levet by just one additional attempt needed one round earlier. Jenny Lavarda, without a doubt the greatest revelation of the women's competition, placed third, while Olga Bibik suffered the same fate as her teammate and finished tenth.

Needless to say she, Abramtchouk and Rakhmetov will be highly motivated for the third stage of the World Cup 2004: Yekaterinburg, Russia, on the 5th of June.



Results men
1. Fischhuber Kilian AUT
2. Meyer Jérôme FRA
3. Laurence Ludovic FRA
4. Julien Stephane FRA
5. Earl Andrew GBR
6. Mecherzynski-W. Andrzej POL
7. Jalmain Sebastien FRA
8. Meral Julien FRA
9. Croxall Mark GBR
10. Rakhmetov Salavat RUS
11. Dulac Daniel FRA
12. Jongeneelen Wouter NED
13. Parry Gareth GBR
14. Hoppe Markus GER
15. Borowka Karsten GER
16. Repcik Marek SVK
17. Golob Jurij SLO
18. Gisler David SUI
19. Chrastina Andrej SVK
20. Müller Matthias SUI

Results women
1. Levet Sandrine FRA
2. Abramtchouk Ioulia RUS
3. Lavarda Jenny ITA
4. Theroux Corinne FRA
5. Berry Samantha AUS
6. Haager Nicola GER
7. Perlova Natalia UKR
8. Lipenska Helena CZE
9. Piszczek Renata POL
10. Bibik Olga RUS
11. Danion Juliette FRA
12. Rogeaux Fanny FRA
13. Abgrall Emilie FRA
14. Son Mélanie FRA
15. Ritsch Isabella AUT
16. Dufraisse Alizée FRA
17. Marchisio Stella ITA
18. Bauer Tanja GER
19. Sandoz Mélanie FRA
20. Anthoni Kim BEL

Kilian Fischhuber, World Cup Bouldering

above: Kilian Fischhuber
ph Planetmountain
below: Ioulia Abramtchouk
ph Giulio Malfer

World Cup Boulder 2004
second stage
Erlangen 16-17 April

1. Birmingham
Calendar 2004



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