Flohé and McArthur top

101 athletes from 34 nations took part in today's qualification for the Boulder World Cup at the Vertikale climbing center in Brixen. The German Yannick Flohé and the Briton Hamish McArthur show their best bouldering skills and are each leading the qualification as group leaders. The atmosphere was sensational, the stands in Brixen were full, the cheers were huge. The audience particularly cheered on the only South Tyrolean in the field, Michael Piccolruaz.

There were two qualifying rounds on the program today: The Japanese showed off their skills and wanted to confirm their previous superiority. Kokoro Fujii and his compatriot Yoshiyuki Ogata were about to celebrate their success as group leaders until the German Yannick Flohé and the Briton Hamish McArthur thwarted their plans. Flohé managed all five tops and climbed the first boulder “problem” with just one attempt, while the Japanese climber needed eight attempts on the same “problem”. In the second group, it was a jury decision that pushed the Japanese Yoshiyuki Ogata back to second place shortly before the end of the qualification. The Briton McArthur took the lead in his group.

Michael Piccolruaz from Val Gardena did not manage to qualify. © Newspower.it

“It was a very tough competition,” said Flohé. “Each route had its own difficulty. I managed all five tops - I was quick and I'm very happy with that. Today there was a big difference to other competitions: Normally we start with a very technical first boulder, this time it was a so-called “steep” boulder. I managed to crack it. When bouldering it is important to start well, then you have to keep the flow. In the semi-finals it will be all about everything again, hopefully I can build on that and make it to the final, I would be very happy about that.” The Austrian Jakob Schubert can also be satisfied with his performance. He managed four tops confidently, but only had some problems with the fifth. Like the Korean Dohyun Lee, he finished the qualification in third place.

Piccolruaz gave it his all on the wall, as always. © Newspower.it

There was loud support from the audience for Michael Piccolruaz from Val Gardena. He got off to a brilliant start by reaching the top on his first attempt. However, he then missed the approach on the second route, but managed to top again on the third. After that there were many attempts and only “zones” but no more tops. The Val Gardena native slipped out of the top 20 to reach the semi-finals. He finished the competition in 38th place. Piccolruaz is disappointed “Unfortunately it didn’t go the way I wanted. I got off to a very good start on the first boulder. I had difficulties on the second boulder, so my competition probably changed from then on. The third boulder was again very easy, the fourth was very physical and not my style. I also had to manage the fifth boulder. It’s a real shame, I wanted to reach the semi-finals in front of my home crowd.”

The other Italians fought like lions, but the competition was too great: Michele Bono took 47th place, Marcello Bombardi 51st and Pietro Vidi 65th.

Tomorrow morning we continue with the women's semi-finals and finals, and on Sunday with the men's semi-finals and finals. Men's qualification 1 Yannick Flohé GER; 1 Hamish McArthur GBR; 3 Kokoro Fujii JPN; 3 Yoshiyuki Ogata JPN; 5 Jakob Schubert AUT; 5 Dohyun Lee KOR; 7 Mathieu Ternant FRA; 7 Maximillian Milne GBR; 9 Tomoa Narasaki JPN; 9 Rei Kawamata JPN

38 Michael Piccolruaz; 47 Michele Bono; 51 Marcello Bombardi; 65 Pietro Vidi

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Flohé and McArthur top

Yannick Flohé (GER) and Hamish McArthur (GBR) qualify as group leaders for the men's semi-finals at the Boulder World Cup in Brixen. Michael Piccolruaz from Val Gardena did not qualify for the semi-finals and ended up in 38th place.

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