Best World Cup Boulders 2022

It's Maran Araseki in 5th, that amazing kip here, you see he doesn't generate this big swing, he just explodes in one go, up into the move, such a display of technical prowess now, here we are, thinking about something different, a left foot lets him come up into the last hold, and so Moa Araseki has made a top on final number 4, at the wall, 2 athletes to go, 2 athletes to go in such an intense competition, and I'm very excited because we have not seen this boulder topped yet, Natalia Grossmann, cruising through these first moves, not a bother for her, absolute power there, now let's see, can she make the jump? Yes! First time, how do you spot that first time, Natalia on for the flash attempt, grabs it with perfect precision, now coming through, the top match is exceptionally intense, the shoulder cast on is slopey, can she get that left foot up, she does, makes the match, amazing effort from Natalia Grossmann. This means a lot to her, she's been on the scene a while, and has recently, last couple of years, has found something different, right foot goes out into the toe, chalks up, into the zone, pops out left, spins, almost cuts loose still, that shoulder in such an awkward looking position, really awkward crossover there, now this is the move she dropped, can she get it this time, yes, she does, matches it, amazing, yes, Stasia, great celebration at the top, I told you, you could read her emotions, even the title, so, he knows that this matters. Now he comes much better this time with the precision and the body tension, pops out to the flatty, right toe under now, what can he do with this move, sets himself up, a little bit different here, has his right foot up on top of that crimp, much better, yeah he seemed to just generate a bit more power to the left with that right foot, amount of time before falling to try and get your fingers in that pocket, the athletes are doing something that they don't normally do, they're not grabbing a hold with a hand, they're putting their finger, single fingers in the pocket. Just a wonderful bit of route setting here, slab dynos, a rare occurrence, it is going to separate the field, I would expect, now he's not wasting a lot of time in between, he's grabbing the seam on the wall, finds a seam, that can't be making a difference, now let's see, if he could manage to gas on that seam, he would upset the, everyone, maybe the purity of the climb, but, he's got one minute left, could be one of his last attempts, there we go, finds it, slowed it down, there it is, perfectly done on the last try, very, very exciting top, she needs to take one second to compose herself to make this complicated move, there we go, makes it again, now we've seen an athlete, Jessica Pils, fly through the section, is Brooke going to do the same, a race against the clock, 13 seconds now, she can't afford to be overly careful, 10, Dan and does she have it in her, 6 seconds, got to at least take the crimp, 3, you got to jump, I don't think so, on the buzzer, I don't think so, the crowd is up, but I don't know if that counts, from the route setters, oh my goodness, I'm incorrect, a silver medal possible here, my results are not updating quick enough to give me accurate information, my apologies, Brooke Raboutou can fight for a silver medal here, just got to get a top in less than 5 minutes, wow, wow, absolute amazing recovery there, refusing to come off the wall, now Brooke, she's through the technical crux, does she have the power to finish this climb off, it looks like it, she is climbing with all the spring as if this was her first boulder of the night, Brooke Raboutou for the silver, yes, looking for a different beta right foot, holds it, wow, Brooke Raboutou is going to take silver right behind her teammate, this is amazing, wonderful flash from Brooke Raboutou, the crowd has gone off here, I, and again, and then he knows, he's thinking about what went wrong on that final move and how to correct it, the moment where he got that crimp, you could see his whole body language change, it was a style he now enjoys doing and here he goes again, kicks back and forth, a huge drop down swing this time, massive shoulder strength required for that move and again he's into the zone, watch as he flicks once more, catches it, Max Milne has got energy to burn here as he eyes up the top, now watch the feet, he doesn't want to pop, he's close, the left hand comes in, he matches, looks at the audience, hypes them up, Max Milne has topped boulder number 2, team GB is looking pretty at the top of the leaderboard at the moment, very very much so, we were not expecting Max Milne to throw Yoshiyuki Ogata out of that position, Natalia has a certain grit when it comes to boulders like this, she can dig deep, she tries harder than a lot of athletes out there, I mean obviously all the athletes are trying hard but she can find a different level of suffering almost out there on the wall, beautifully put Max, beautifully put, so left hand up, quick work at the moment, high right heel to chalk up, Natalia has such composure and such ability to think about different methods on this angle of the style of climbing, she really does show her full skill set here, having to work now though and this is the big move towards the left, gets it easily, she's in second at the moment, this will jump her up, let's see, up she goes, holds the swing and another top, so he's on his eyes, flicked towards the left to see where he was going next, I love this twist of the left knee, that last minute switch to pull the body weight in and stick the foot, that's so amazing to see, so Colin Duffy jumps up to second place with that zone, if he can get a top he might be in first, so swaps the hand, jumps it over, now watch the feet because he did mess this up a bit, eyes it up, swings, this time makes it work and Colin Duffy tops out, huge fist bump from him at the top of the wall, we wait for the leaderboard to change and there it is, confirmation is Colin Duffy in first position as he leaves the stadium, bumping Doyeon Lee down into second, got that first top so quickly and then struggled since then to connect everything, this move is just, I mean it's like on monkey bars for him isn't it, it's like you're in your local park swinging around, he's very comfortable right now, this time finds the foot out to the slope but we know it's droppable from this point though, matches underneath into the crimp and this move should be good for Yannick Floyd, he's good at it, gets high using the heel, swings and that is his second top of the competition and that's really helped