Boulder World Cup 2011 report - Barcelona

Barcelona (ESP) - The heat of Barcelona seems to have shuffled the cards of the 2011 Boulder World Cup, as the favorites Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr (AUT) did not make it to the podium in the competition set by Reini Fichtinger.
In the women's field, Akiyo Noguchi was the only one to complete all four problems, while the second ranked Alex Puccio just sent 2, although being very close the the top of the second boulder. Third the French Melissa Le Neve, with 2 tops in Finals and one top less than Puccio in the Semis.
Guillame Glairon Mondet seized his victory and the gold medal by flashing the fourth problem. Behind him, two Russians, Rustam Gelmanov and Dmitry Sharafutdinov, the only one to make it on problem number four together with the French winner.
Anna Stöhr and Kilian Fischhuber maintain the lead of the WC Ranking 2011, although their advantage on respectively Noguchi and Puccio has been reduced. Sheffield next week will give an hint of who could gain the World Cup 2011: after Sheffield, the Boulder World Cup will take a break until the last competition of the year, in Munich.
Unfortunately this video is less attractive than some other clips too since there was no light on the wall. The footage of the GoPros and other small chip cameras was pretty much unusable. (it would have been very helpful if some of the responsible people had been to some of the previous BWCs to learn a thing or 2) The whole event was doomed when they decided to do it in this concrete sauna imho. Route setting and of course some performances where the few highlights of this event under "Spanish boulder competitions dictatorship"...

[@evanpkto]

I am so happy I subbed you before the euro world cup started. This is awesome.

[@Gelu84]

The heat was simply terrible. The venue could have been better (maybe outside?). I've been told that route setters were not allowed to use holds other than the ones Top30 sells. Even with that limitation they did a good job. Anyway, was my first time watching a WC and I had a great time. Thx for uploading the video!

[@RAIV99]

It's called indoor climbing in meridional/Latin American countries. Heat is just something many of us have to deal with. Although the details Udo mentions are indeed unacceptable for a World Cup venue. Anyway, great video as always, Udo, thanks. Those close-ups of the girls just chilling out are well appreciated. Girl of the amazing dyno at 6:40, is that Puccio?

[@Skarmo.]

Hallo Udo! Eine super Zusammenstellung, wie immer. Weißt du, was deine BWC-Reports ganz perfekt machen würde? Wenn du im Kommentar zu jedem Video den aktuellen Stand des World Cups nennen könntest (sagen wir mal, die ersten drei der Männer und Frauen - nur so als Anregung). Hat Eurosport eigentlich immer noch nicht bei dir angefragt? ;-) Viele Grüße, Marko

[@therealudini]

@tsunomilog Agreed that it was a good comp to watch. Providing no water to competitors for extended periods in the (semi-) finals, the isolation zone with its stinking toilets and many other details are not acceptable though! There are so many great locations at the '92 Olympic site - why do it in this terrible hall?

[@aijaman]

No I don't think it is, They look similar but Puccio is wearing number 103. I'm talking about the woman at 15:30, the one on the right

[@aijaman]

Yes that's who Im talking about. thank you!

[@LorieCarr]

Nope, its Mina Markovic from Slovenia!!

[@iweartshirtsoften]

How / What program is used to get the triple videos playing side by side?? Would love to try making a couple like that

[@aijaman]

The girl in the black tanktop and wine coloured shorts moves so smoothly! what is her name, number 106?

[@223goossens]

the dyno at 16:54 is so much harder :p

[@rocknerdkai]

cool, Jule im Finale!

[@CFX50]

Where is the women last problem?

[@223goossens]

Alex Puccio, USA

[@liquidleaves1]

Is it me, or are most of the women's boulders beautiful?

[@msanaralea]

14:35 that looks like one bitch of a climb