It is the culmination of the Boulder season: the World Cup in the Olympic Stadium in Munich. For the seventh time, the international boulder elite meets under the famous tent roof for the season finale. This year is waiting for the athletes and not least on the audience an extra Zückerchen: The European title in bouldering and the combination as well as the trophy for the Boulder Overall World Cup will be awarded this coming weekend in Germany. Eleven athletes start for Switzerland.
In the sports climbing scene, the event is considered a classic. The thrill of the site, a must for every fan. About 280 sport climbers from across 45 nations start at the Boulder World Cup in Munich from the 18. to 19. August 2017. It is an absolute participant record. The athletes will not only make the seventh and last World Cup title among themselves. Those from Europe will also climb for the European title in bouldering and in combination.
Boulder-EM under the Olympic roof in Munich
In view of the enormous number of participants, the Swiss team will primarily focus on classifying themselves in the first third of the rankings and thus fulfilling the association's guidelines. Due to the results of the current year, a semi-final qualification in the World Cup and thus a climbing for a good European Championship placement is quite possible for the Swiss athletes.
Petra Klingler with good base for top result in combined score
At the beginning of July, the Lead and Speed European Championships were already held in Italy. Regarding the combination ranking the reigning Boulder world champion Petra Klingler (Bonstetten ZH) made a very good starting position with 7 in the lead and 4 in the speed among the women. With a top placing in bouldering, she will find herself in the lead in this category. "Just under a year after the World Cup title in Paris, Petra will be fully focused on entering her fifth World Cup final this season," said Kevin Hemund, national coach of Swiss Climbing. And he further explains: "All further results in the European Championship individual classification, the combination and in the overall World Cup will then arise. Another objective in this complex starting position is inappropriate. "
In addition to Klingler, there are three other athletes, Andrea Kümin (Winkel ZH), Jara Späte (Wolfhausen ZH) and Dimitri Vogt (Worben BE). The rest starts exclusively in bouldering.
Selections SAC Swiss Climbing Team Boulder-EM 2017 |
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| women's | Campitello di Fassa (ITA) | Munich (GER) | ||
| Klingler | Petra | Bonstetten ZH | Lead and Speed | bouldering |
| Kümin | Andrea | Angle ZH | Lead and Speed | bouldering |
| late | Rockrose | Wolfhausen ZH | Lead and Speed | bouldering |
| bärtschi | Natalie | Zurich ZH | - | bouldering |
| Stotz | Rebekah | Urdorf ZH | - | bouldering |
| Yokoyama | Sophia | Role VD | - | bouldering |
| Men | ||||
| Vogt | Dimitri | Worben BE | Lead and Speed | bouldering |
| Blaser | Benjamin | Kallnach FR | - | bouldering |
| Ometz | Baptiste | Fully VS | - | bouldering |
| Heiniger | Kevin | Schwarzenbach BE | - | bouldering |
| Favre | Nils | Martigny VS | - | bouldering |
Live broadcast of the Boulder World Cup Finals
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