The 2nd and last European Youth Cup of the season was held in the beautiful city of Stavanger, Norway. It was the first time a Scandinavian country hosted an international climbing competition.

Saturday was the first day of competition. Although the weather outside was nice, the wall was situated in a big sport complex for curling and ice-skating. Which meant… quite cold, but ok for climbing. In the first route my foot slipped at the last move. I had to climb last in the 2nd one and I saw that the route was difficult to climb within 6 minutes. I managed to top out although it was harder than I had expected.

That day the Belgians did really well and 8 qualified for the finals! Maëlys, Héloïse, Celine, Nicolas, Lucas, Chloé, Emilie and me.

In the finals we had the same route as the male youth B and female Juniors. There was a double dyno in the middle (which is quite stressful for a competition ;-)) and the top part was not easy to understand. I was happy that I was able to do the jump and I finally won the competition! Julia Chanourdie from France had only one ‘plus’ less than me and became 2nd. Jara Späte from Switzerland was 3rd.

Because Julia was 1st in Edinburgh and I was 2nd, we both won the final ranking together! 🙂

Celine climbed very well and became 3rd in female youth B! She also won the European Youth Cup together with Eva Scroccaro from Italy.

It was a very nice and well organised competition with very friendly volunteers. After the competition we had a relaxing walk at the sea-side and a dinner with the French and Swiss teams!

Julia, Jara and me (Photo: www.ffme.fr)