The World Cup competition in bouldering Brno, Czech Republic, 2007:

11:36 - Semifinals are now over and the standings are as follows:

1. Stephane Julien (FRA)
2. Lukas Ennemoser (AUT)
3. Rustam Gelmanov (RUS)
4. Dimitry Sharafutdinov (RUS)
5. Martin Stráník (CZE)
6. Kilian Fischhuber (AUT)

women:

1. Juliette Danion (FRA),
2. Olga Shalagina (UKR)
3. Anna Stöhr (AUT)
4. Olga Bezhko (UKR)
5. Yulia Abramchuk  (RUS)
6. Olga Bibik (RUS)

11:20 - Stephane Julien (FRA) jumped to  1st place .

Stephane Julien (FRA) photo by Andrew Burgoon

Juliette Danion (FRA) photo by Andrew Burgoon


Helena Lipenská pulling through on the last of the women's semi-final problems.(CZE) photo by Mike Jeager


10.54 - With ove half of the women finished, the standings are: 1. Juliette Danion (FRA), 2. Olga Shalagina (UKR)3. Anna Stöhr (AUT).

10.50 - With over half of the men finished, the standings are: 1.Lukas Ennemoser (AUT), 2. Rustam Gelmanov (RUS), 3. Dimitry Sharafutdinov (RUS).


10:13 - Among women Olga Bezhko (UKR) goes to 3rd position after 6 women finished.

10:00 - Anna Stohr (AUT) goes to 2nd women position now, David Barrans (GBR) is now 3rd among men.

9:52 - The first three men and women finished the semi: Dmitry Sharfutdinov (RUS) leads in men, 2nd is Kilian Fischhuber (AUT), 3rd Guillaume Glairon Mondet (FRA). In women is now 1st Olga Shalagina (UKR), 2nd Natalija Gros (SLO), 3rd Svitlana Tuzhylina (UKR).

9:42 - The first climbers finished their semifinles: Dmitry Sharfutdinov (RUS) with the result 3t5 4b4 and Olga Shalagina (UKR) got 2t3 3b7.





The Czech climbing sensation and total dreamboat, Martin Stráník (CZE) will advance to finals.


Guillaume Glairon Mondet on mens no.2photo by Andrew Burgoon

Dimitry Sharafutdinov (RUS) the leaderphoto by Andrew Burgoon

Guillaume Glairon Mondet throwing down on number 3photo by Andrew Burgoon

Natalija Gros Focusing on womens no. 1photo by Andrew Burgoon

Yulia Abramchuk (RUS) pulling down hardphoto by Andrew Burgoon


Dmitry Sharfutdinov (RUS) and Olga Shalagina (UKR) in the fourth  boulder problems of semifinals

9:15 - photos:


Kilian Fischhuber (AUT) in the first men boulder problem of semifinals


Svitlana Tuzhylina (UKR) in the first women boulder problem of semifinals

9:05 - Dmitry Sharfutdinov (RUS) and Olga Shalagina (UKR), the best from the Friday qulaification, sent the first boulders. The men a women climb parallel on two different series of four boulders.

9:00 - This morning the semifinals of both men and women take place here in Brno.  Twenty men and twenty women advanced to the semifinals from the qualifications, and six will advance in each category to the finals.

Competition has live video stream on the official site www.lezec.cz/spBrno07 today.