Month: June 2013
The Austrian power couple Anna Stöhr and Kilian Fischhuber stood atop the podium at the Bouldering World Cup in Toront. Stöhr is undeniably on a huge hot streak, having won five of the six 2013 World Cups so far. She didn’t lead in qualifiers, and a four-way tie in semis mounted excitement for finals. But Stöhr nailed it as the only woman to top all four finals problems. Akiyo Noguchi of Japan actually had fewer attempts than Stöhr on the finals problems (and was the only woman to top all qualifiers problems), but she couldn’t finish the fourth problem. Alex Puccio slid in just behind Noguchi in third place.