2018 World Cup Bouldering finishes at Munich

• Wednesday 22nd August 2018

2018 World Cup Bouldering finishes at Munich

Aug 22^nd; 2018

The final round of the 2018 IFSC World Cup bouldering was held in Munich last weekend with the event golds going to Janja Garnbret and Gregor Vezonik and the season titles going to Jernej Kruder and Miho Nonaka.

Miho Nonaka taking her 6^th consecutive silver medal and the overall 2018 title

Akiyo Noguchi was looking to add a 5^th overall season win to her CV but struggled on one of the blocs and hence finished in 3^rd place in Munich which wasn’t high enough to secure the season win. Miho Nonaka has had a tremendous season consistently placing in 2^nd place in numerous finals. Yet again she finished 2^nd in Munich behind Janja Garnbret who flashed all the final problems in the final much to the pleasure of the crowd. Garnbret – although a dominant force in the bouldering this year – missed a number of events and finished in 4^th place overall behind Fanny Gilbert in 3^rd, Akiyo Noguchi in 2^nd with Miho Nonaka talking the 2018 season championship with the slimmest of margins – just 5 points! In a season plagued with injuries Shauna Coxsey finished in a creditable 9^th place overall, with Leah Crane in 32^nd, Michaela Tracy in 35^th, Emily Phillips in 54^th and Jenifer Woods in 67^th.

Jernej Kruder finished in silver medal position in Munich but took the overall 2018 title

Lead specialist Jakob Schubert came in third in Munich trailing behind Jernej Kruder, the favourite for the 2018 title, who finished in 2^nd place. The winner in Munich however was Gregor Vezonik – a win which boosted his overall standing for 2018 to finish in 5^th place. Jernej Kruder took a deserved overall win however finishing on 442 point, 42pts more than Tomoa Narasaki in 2^nd and Rei Sugimoto in 3^rd on 334pts. Best placed Brit was Nathan Phillips who finished in 28^th place with Billy Ridal in 39^th, Matt Cousins in 41^st and Aidan Roberts in 47^th.

Watch the highlights from Munich below…