POSTED: Friday September 30th 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2011- New IFSC Lead World Cup round kicks off today in Flanders
The team of BVKB/Klimax, in collaboration with the Klim-en Bergsportfederatie (KBF), the CMBel, the CAB and the NKBV, are hosting for the seventh time in a row the IFSC Lead World Cup in the Flemish city of Puurs, Belgium.
The event, a yearly tradition for climbers since 2004, is set to become a remarkable experience for everyone. A unique selection of 85 of the world’s best climbers, coming from 21 countries of all over the world, are competing today (September 30) and tomorrow (October 1) in the spectacular semi-outdoor permanent climbing wall called Klimax II. The wall, unequaled across the globe in size, dimensions and overhang (max overhang 21 meters), has been be set for the competition by the French Chiefroutesetter Paul Dewilde and its team.
Among the talented athletes registered to compete on the most amazing wall of the World Cup series are: the Austrians Jakob Schubert (winner, until now, of all 2011 IFSC world cups and therefore leader of IFSC world ranking), Angela Eiter (World Champion in Arco and on the podium in Chamonix this year), Katharina Posch and Johanna Ernst; the Spanish Ramón Julian Puigblanque (current World Champion and 2010 gold medal in Puurs); Manuel Romain (FRA); Thomas Tauporn (GER); the Japanese Amma Sachi; the Korean Kim Jain (2011 gold medal in Chamonix and on the Puurs podium in 2010); Yana Chereshneva from Russia, the Slovenian Maja Vidmar (winner in Briançon this year) and Mina Markovic (winner of three 2011 world cups and currently first classified in IFSC world ranking); the American Sasha Digiulian (overall champion in Arco 2011).
More than 3000 spectators are expected to attend the free entrance event. In addition to the spectacular show on the climbing wall, public will have chance to practice various special activities associated to climbing in the outdoor activity park linked to the event.
According to the program, qualification rounds men and women will start at 11:00 am on Friday, September 30. Semifinals will happen at 10:45 am on Saturday, October 1, while the Final round will be at 5:30 pm on the same day. Between the semi-finals and finals, at 2:30 pm, a Dyno world record contest is scheduled to take place.
Belgian television EXQI will broadcast, as delayed emission, a summary report of the Puurs World Cup, on October 2.
The full IFSC World Cup rankings for Lead can be found easily on the IFSC website: ifsc-climbing.org/ranglist
IFSC World Cup 2011 will be webcast live on ifsc.tv.
Highlights will be available after the event on ifsc.tv and youtube.com/ifscchannel.
Replays of Semi Finals and Finals can be downloaded after the event on ifsc.tv.
Complete competition results will be constantly updated on ifsc-climbing.org.
For further information about the Puurs Lead World Cup 2011 contact:
Koen De Laet, Puurs Press Officer & Event Organizer
koen.delaet@bvkb.be
t: 0032 475 26 50 32
Giada La Marca, IFSC Communication Coordinator
giada.lamarca@ifsc-climbing.org
t: 0039 011 385 3995
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Keywords · IFSC · Sport Climbing · World Cup · Puurs ·
Name: Gida La Marca
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URL: www.ifsc-climbing.org
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