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Bernd Zangerl frees 'Viva la evolution' hard F8c

The Rockmaster 2002 takes place on 6-8 September 2002

Silvio Mondinelli, Abele Blanc, Mario Merelli, Kristian Kuntner, Kobi Reichen and Carlos Pauner head for Annapurna's East Ridge

Alexandre Chabot and Muriel Sarkany win the fifth stage of the World Cup Difficulty 2002 in Singapore

Lisa Benetti and Evgueni Ovchinnikov convincingly won last weekend's 9th edition of the Malé Sports Climbing Master, Italy.

Tommy Caldwell becomes the first person to free climb the Salathé, Yoesemite, in a day

François Legrand and Martina Cufer win the International Master Serre Chavalier 2002

Josune Bereziartu and Iker Pou climb the multi-pitch "El Pilar del Cantabrico", El Naranjo de Bulnes, Picos De Europa, Spain, with difficulties up to 8a+

Alexandre Chabot and Chloè Minoret win the European Championship 2002 in Chamonix

Christian Core and Sandrine Levet win the first European Bouldering Championship in Chamonix 2002

The European Championships 2002 get underway in Chamonix today

On Friday 5 July the second round of the X-adventure Raid Series gets underway between Les Arcs, Bourg St Maurice and Courmayeur.

Katrin Sedlymayer and Alexandre Chabot win the World Cup Difficulty 2002 in Lecco. This is the third victory in three years for the Frenchman

Results based on Qualification: the winner of the second World Cup Bouldering 2002 is therefore Malcom Smith (GBR), followed by Christian Core from Italy and Hiroshi Okano from Japan, third.

Lisa Rands wins the Bouldering World Cup at Lecco, ahead of Theroux and Levet.

The Russian Alexandre Pechekhonov and Ukranian Olena Repko win the Speed World Cup in Lecco.