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Worldcup Kranj
“I’ve won a worldcup for the second time! Very thankful for this great ending of the season.”
Anak has won the gold medal in Slovenia, in an arena packed with climbing fans.
After 2 tops in the qualification round and just missing the tophold in the semifinal, she took a provisional 2nd place on Saturday evening.
In the final on Sunday she climbed 7 holds further than number 2.
Akiyo Noguchi (JPN) took the silver medal followed by Janja Garnbret (SLO) who took bronze.
For the first time in her climbing career, she ended 2nd in the final World Cup ranking.
Video clip of Anak’s final route
El Rastro 8c+ The video
8c+/9a by Anak Verhoeven in Siurana/Spain
After the World Cup Lead in Xiamen/China (silver medal) Anak went on a short rocktrip to Siurana in Spain.
It was the first time she visited this crag.
After working out the complex moves of the famous route La Reina Mora-8c+/9a for a few days she was able to climb the route in the first attempt.
She then went on to work out El Rastro-8c+. On the first attempt she missed the dyno move halfway the route.
Despite another 1.5 hours of daylight she could not do another attempt because of the cold winter conditions and the violent northern wind.
The next day she climbed past all the difficult moves and nearly had the route topped when a crucial hold broke out. Despite this very disappointing experience she cleaned the area where the hold broke out, tried out the ‘new’ movement and decided to give El rastro another go even though she felt exhausted.
She then topped the route (FFA), enduring the very cold conditions. She returned home feeling very grateful, because this had been the last possible attempt before the journey was over.
More pictures from Sébastien Richard are available in HD.
Anak in La Reina Mora 8c+/9a
Anak in El Rastro 8c+
Silver medal for Anak Verhoeven in China
Sunday 23 October 2016
At the World Cup Lead in Xiamen (China), Anak Verhoeven took the silver medal again.
Despite the tropical heat and humidity she climbed a perfect qualification round, topping both routes.
The next day she also topped the semifinal route, as did Janja Garnbret from Slovenia.
In the final route she jumped to a hold she couldn’t see and unfortunately missed it.
The next and last World Cup will be held in Kranj/Slovenia on 26-27 November.
