Ok, so with another round of pictures, here is a brief rundown of problems 3 and 4. At the bottom are two highlights videos with all the finals problems.
Final 3s
Angie Payne took a few tries to get through the bottom of women's 3, then got stuck here, just short of the bonus hold. On the right, Jonas Baumann is doing the rose move on men's 3 before a difficult unwind and jump to the off-kilter finish hold. It took him three tries, but he eventually sent the problem. | Jackie Hueftle
To the delight of the crowd, Dmitry flashed the dyno and the boulder. | Jackie Hueftle
Jain Kim impressed everybody when she made the double heels work on this problem, but it wasn't enough to help her stick the bonus hold. | Jackie Hueftle
Chris Webb-Parsons couldn't quite stick the dyno to the double slopers. | Jackie Hueftle
Anna Stöhr hiked her way to the finish. | Jackie Hueftle
Guillaume Glairon Mondet styled his way through the rose move, but couldn't quite stick the final hold. | Jackie Hueftle
It took her four goes to get to the bonus hold, but as soon as she did Melissa La Neve kept going to the top. | Jackie Hueftle
Kilian Fischhuber handily flashed his way though all the trickery of problem 3. | Jackie Hueftle
Final finals (i.e. problem 4s)
Angie in the initial moves of womens 4 and Jonas trying hard for the flash on men's 4. It took Angie two tries to get to her bonus hold (the right of the two orange pinches) but she was unable to finish the problem. Jonas also came up just short of sending his. | Jackie Hueftle
The crowd went crazy as Dmitry flashed men's final 4 and Akiyo looked like she might flash hers as well. In the end she sent 3rd go. | Jackie Hueftle
Jain Kim also looked like she might flash, but it took her two tries to reach the top. On the powerful and tricky men's 4 Chris Webb-Parsons gave some mighty efforts, but it took him four tries to figure out the right beta and get to the bonus hold. From there he gave a few good tries but couldn't quite get to the last hold. | Jackie Hueftle
Anna Stöhr powering through final 4 | Jackie Hueftle
Power fists fro Anna as she flashes final 4 and secures her win. | Jackie Hueftle
Helmet guy stood in front of us and danced for almost the whole comp. It was entertaining, but his white helmet was reflecting sun in a way that I feel was detrimental to taking pictures. Here he is watching Kilian and Melissa try their last problems. | Jackie Hueftle
Alex Puccio also hiked this pinchy problem for the flash and a 2nd place finish. | Jackie Hueftle
Kilian flashed and won. Everyone went nuts. | Jackie Hueftle
So there it is. Everyone gave great efforts and gave the crowd a great show. For the final results post, click here: Vail IFSC World Cup Bouldering 2011 Final Results and for the rundown of problems 1 and 2 click here.
Problem 3 recap
Anna – f
Alex – f
Melissa – 3rd go
Jain – no top, no bonus
Akiyo – no top, no bonus
Angie – no top, no bonus
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Kilian – f
Dmitry – f
Jonas – 3rd go
Rei – 8th go
Guillaume – no top, 3rd go bonus
Chris – no top, no bonus
Problem 4 recap
Anna – f
Alex – f
Melissa – no top, 1st go bonus
Jain – 2nd go
Akiyo – 3rd go
Angie – no top, 2nd go bonus
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Kilian – f
Dmitry – f
Jonas – no top, 1st go bonus
Rei – no top, 3rd go bonus
Guillaume – no top, 2nd go bonus
Chris – no top, 4th go bonus
Finals Highlights Videos
Here are two short videos from Louder Than 11 featuring the Women’s and Men’s Finals.
You must have been standing right behind us, Jackie – both Sarah and my fists/forearms seem to be prominently featured.
What a great event – lots of excitement, a fantastic crowd, and great weather. We’ll definitely be back next year!
-Walt
Yeah, your fists are in a bunch of my pictures. You guys were psyched! : )