Sports climbing: Alex Megos reports back with bronze

It was among the worst climbing looks in my life.

• Megos: Strong response after incompetency in Chamonix
• Flohé needs to live once more with fourth location
• The placements of the final in Briancon at a glance:

Jesse Grupper

In Innsbruck, Grupper appeared out of nowhere on the World Cup stage and surprisingly won the bronze medal in the lead competitors. Surprisingly, because the 25-year-old had actually treated himself to an almost two-year competitors break by April. Grupper described this in Briancon with the Covid pandemic as well as a rather transformed emphasis. His return was.

He ultimately thought of the neuralgic grasp with the number 35+, which would certainly pick the medals-and he likewise got this so that he was the only one to climb this position and just flew out of the wall surface with the ranking 37. The group surged and when he had the ability to wave into the target market for a lot longer than normal on the rope, he dawned that he had gotten to the top of the platform.

In Villars he won silver as well as now the longed-for gold. It was one of the worst climbing looks in my life, stated Grupper in the winner meeting with Eurosport, however again he had the ability to rely upon his competitor heart. In the reduced area of the route he had slight issues, between location he picked a grip sequence that he had specifically among the 9 finalists as well as which was in fact doomed to stop working.

Megos: Strong response after incompetency in Chamonix

The podium in Briancon: Taisei Homma, Jesse Grupper and also Alex Megos.

2nd place safeguarded the Japanese Taisei Homma, who after his victory in Villars could now climb two silver medals in a series. As well as 3rd was the Erlangen Alex Megos, that obtained a medal around his neck after Innsbruck in his 2nd lead final this season. After the aggravating semi-finals in Chamonix, when he possibly touched the carabiner way too much when hanging the rope, a strong answer from the 28-year-old Olympic individual.

Flohé needs to live once more with fourth location

Sebastian Halenke from Lahr ended up being twelfth, that made the 27-year-old his ideal lead result until now this period. Philipp Martin (Kaufbeuren) landed in 60th area, Christoph Schweiger (Ingolstadt) was 68th and Max Kleesattel (Schwäbisch Gmünd) finished the competitors in Briancon.

The persuading efficiency of the DAV was rounded off by Yannick Flohé, who additionally got to the last, also reached fourth area as a result of the poorer semi-finals. The 22-year-old Essener has reached all four last rounds at the previous Lead World Cup this season, but he directly missed the hoped-for platform with his 2nd fourth place.

The placements of the final in Briancon at a glance:

1. Jesse Grupper (U.S.A.), 37 2. Taisei Homma (Japan), 35+. 3. Alex Megos (Germany), 35+. 4. Yannick Flohé (Germany), 35+ . 5. Colin Duffy (United States), 34+. 6. Yoshiyuki Ogata, 34+. 7. Filip Schenk (Itaien), 27. 8th. Hamish Macarthur (Great Britain), 25. 9. Luka Potocar (Slovenia), 18+.

In Innsbruck, Grupper appeared out of no place on the World Cup stage and remarkably won the bronze medal in the lead competitors. Surprisingly, due to the fact that the 25-year-old had actually treated himself to a practically two-year competitors break by April. Grupper clarified this in Briancon with the Covid pandemic as well as a somewhat altered focus. It was one of the worst climbing appearances in my life, stated Grupper in the victor interview with Eurosport, yet once again he was able to rely on his competitor heart. As well as 3rd was the Erlangen Alex Megos, who obtained a medal around his neck after Innsbruck in his second lead last this period.