# 2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup

The 2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 15 locations. Bouldering competitions were held in 7 locations, lead in 6 locations, and speed in 6 locations. The season began on 18 April in Hall, Austria and concluded on 16 November in Kranj, Slovenia.
The top 3 in each competition received medals, and the overall winners were awarded trophies. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.
The winners for bouldering were Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr, for lead Jorg Verhoeven and Johanna Ernst, for speed Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii and Edyta Ropek, and for combined David Lama and Akiyo Noguchi, men and women respectively. The National Team for bouldering was Austria, for lead Austria, and for speed Russian Federation.

## Highlights of the season

In bouldering, at the World Cup in Moscow, in the women's final, there were three athletes who flashed all 4 boulders (Katharina Saurwein of Austria, Natalija Gros and Katja Vidmar both of Slovenia), however Katharina Saurwein of Austria was the only one who flashed all boulders in the competition (qualification, semifinal, final) and thus taking the win. At the end of the season, Austrian athletes, Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr clinched the overall titles of the season for men and women respectively, making it double bouldering titles for Austria.
In lead climbing, Johanna Ernst of Austria, in her first year of eligibility to compete in the World Cup circuit, made her debut in bouldering in Hall, Austria. Then she competed in lead climbing and won 3 out of 6 Lead World Cups and became the overall women's lead climbing winner of the season.

## Overview

| No. | Location | D | G | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 | Hall 18–19 April 2008 | B | M | Kilian Fischhuber 3t5 3b5 | Dmitrii Sharafutdinov 2t2 2b2 | Daniel Woods 2t4 3b4 |
| 1 | Hall 18–19 April 2008 | B | W | Anna Stöhr 3t3 4b8 | Yulia Abramchuk 3t8 4b9 | Angelica Lind 2t2 4b5 |
| 2 | Trento 27 April 2008 | S | M | Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii 12.580 | Sergei Sinitcyn 13.590 | Manuel Escobar 13.130 |
| 2 | Trento 27 April 2008 | S | W | Lucelia Blanco 21.570 | Edyta Ropek 23.320 | Olena Ryepko 20.850 |
| 3 | Réunion 2–3 May 2008 | B | M | David Lama 4t9 4b5 | Kilian Fischhuber 4t9 4b9 | Jorg Verhoeven 4t9 4b9 |
| 3 | Réunion 2–3 May 2008 | B | W | Anna Stöhr 4t6 4b5 | Akiyo Noguchi 4t10 4b8 | Yulia Abramchuk 3t5 4b8 |
| 4 | Grindelwald 30–31 May 2008 | B | M | Dmitrii Sharafutdinov 2t5 4b9 | Kilian Fischhuber 2t6 3b6 | David Lama 1t1 3b3 |
| 4 | Grindelwald 30–31 May 2008 | B | W | Anna Stöhr 3t11 4b8 | Charlotte Durif 1t1 4b8 | Akiyo Noguchi 1t2 4b14 |
| 5 | Vail 6–7 June 2008 | B | M | Kilian Fischhuber 2t2 4b4 | Gabriele Moroni 2t2 4b5 | Paul Robinson 1t1 4b5 |
| 5 | Vail 6–7 June 2008 | B | W | Alex Johnson 2t5 4b7 | Katharina Saurwein 2t7 4b8 | Anna Stöhr 2t7 4b10 |
| 6 | Fiera di Primiero 13–14 June 2008 | B | M | David Lama 3t3 4b6 | Kilian Fischhuber 3t5 3b3 | Sean McColl 3t7 4b6 |
| 6 | Fiera di Primiero 13–14 June 2008 | B | W | Anna Stöhr 4t5 4b4 | Katja Vidmar 3t4 4b5 | Yulia Abramchuk 2t3 3b3 |
| 7 | Qinghai 27–28 June 2008 | L | M | Tomáš Mrázek 47 | Jakob Schubert 41- | Sachi Amma 38- |
| 7 | Qinghai 27–28 June 2008 | L | W | Johanna Ernst Top | Natalija Gros 43+ | Charlotte Durif 42- |
| 7 | Qinghai 27–28 June 2008 | S | M | QiXin Zhong 7.350 | Xiaojie Chen 8.480 | Guangpu Li 8.220 |
| 7 | Qinghai 27–28 June 2008 | S | W | Chunhua Li 10.630 | Cuifang He 13.060 | CuiLian He 11.750 |
| 8 | Montauban 4–5 July 2008 | B | M | Dmitrii Sharafutdinov 3t4 4b5 | Rustam Gelmanov 2t2 4b4 | David Lama 2t4 4b7 |
| 8 | Montauban 4–5 July 2008 | B | W | Akiyo Noguchi 4t5 4b5 | Yulia Abramchuk 4t6 4b5 | Natalija Gros 3t4 3b4 |
| 9 | Chamonix 12–13 July 2008 | L | M | Jorg Verhoeven 42- | Sachi Amma 37 | Klemen Becan 35 |
| 9 | Chamonix 12–13 July 2008 | L | W | Johanna Ernst 53 | Angela Eiter 43- | Mina Markovič 40 |
| 9 | Chamonix 12–13 July 2008 | S | M | QiXin Zhong 7.470 | Ning ZHANG 10.440 | Maksym Osipov 8.750 |
| 9 | Chamonix 12–13 July 2008 | S | W | Cuifang He 11.290 | Chunhua Li 11.870 | CuiLian He 12.340 |
| 10 | Val Daone 19–20 July 2008 | S | M | Lukasz Swirk 17.040 | Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii fall | Maksym Styenkovyy 17.110 |
| 10 | Val Daone 19–20 July 2008 | S | W | Edyta Ropek 25.190 | Svitlana Tuzhylina 27.300 | Valentina Yurina 31.360 |
| 11 | Bern 12–13 September 2008 | L | M | Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza 32- | Jorg Verhoeven 31+ | Tomáš Mrázek 31 |
| 11 | Bern 12–13 September 2008 | L | W | Maja Vidmar 37- | Johanna Ernst 37- | Olga Shalagina 35- |
| 12 | Imst 19–20 September 2008 | L | M | David Lama 50+ | Ramón Julián Puigblanqué 50 | Sean McColl 41+ |
| 12 | Imst 19–20 September 2008 | L | W | Mina Markovič 60 | Johanna Ernst 60- | Maja Vidmar 59+ |
| 13 | Puurs 26–27 September 2008 | L | M | Ramón Julián Puigblanqué 48- | Tomáš Mrázek 46- | Jorg Verhoeven 41- |
| 13 | Puurs 26–27 September 2008 | L | W | Maja Vidmar 52+ | Mina Markovič 52+ | Johanna Ernst 52 |
| 13 | Puurs 26–27 September 2008 | S | M | Leonel De Las Salas 16.170 | Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii 16.250 | Maksym Styenkovyy 17.980 |
| 13 | Puurs 26–27 September 2008 | S | W | Svitlana Tuzhylina 25.650 | Anna Stenkovaya 29.360 | Olena Ryepko 27.400 |
| 14 | Moscow 31 October – 2 November 2008 | B | M | Rustam Gelmanov 4t5 4b4 | Kilian Fischhuber 3t3 3b3 | Stanislav Kleshnov 2t2 4b4 |
| 14 | Moscow 31 October – 2 November 2008 | B | W | Katharina Saurwein 4t4 4b4 | Natalija Gros Katja Vidmar 4t4 4b4 | – |
| 14 | Moscow 31 October – 2 November 2008 | S | M | Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii 16.600 | Manuel Escobar 18.540 | Valeriy Vorobyev 18.170 |
| 14 | Moscow 31 October – 2 November 2008 | S | W | Olena Ryepko 27.030 | Edyta Ropek 28.870 | Lucelia Blanco 27.270 |
| 15 | Kranj 15–16 November 2008 | L | M | Klemen Becan 29 | Jorg Verhoeven 29- | Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza 26- |
| 15 | Kranj 15–16 November 2008 | L | W | Johanna Ernst Top | Maja Vidmar 43- | Akiyo Noguchi 36+ |
| OVERALL | OVERALL | B | M | Kilian Fischhuber 520.00 | David Lama 375.00 | Dmitrii Sharafutdinov 335.00 |
| OVERALL | OVERALL | B | W | Anna Stöhr 508.00 | Akiyo Noguchi 381.00 | Yulia Abramchuk 378.00 |
| OVERALL | OVERALL | L | M | Jorg Verhoeven 380.00 | Tomáš Mrázek 355.00 | Ramón Julián Puigblanqué 321.00 |
| OVERALL | OVERALL | L | W | Johanna Ernst 460.00 | Maja Vidmar 345.00 | Mina Markovič 325.00 |
| OVERALL | OVERALL | S | M | Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii 411.00 | Sergei Sinitcyn 280.00 | QiXin Zhong 273.00 |
| OVERALL | OVERALL | S | W | Edyta Ropek 366.00 | Olena Ryepko 332.00 | Svitlana Tuzhylina 327.00 |
| OVERALL | OVERALL | C | M | David Lama 522.00 | Jorg Verhoeven 489.00 | Tomáš Mrázek 383.00 |
| OVERALL | OVERALL | C | W | Akiyo Noguchi 587.00 | Johanna Ernst 507.00 | Natalija Gros 506.00 |
| NATIONAL TEAMS | NATIONAL TEAMS | B | A | Austria 1775 | Russian Federation 1452 | France 1329 |
| NATIONAL TEAMS | NATIONAL TEAMS | L | A | Austria 1264 | Slovenia 1125 | France 1089 |
| NATIONAL TEAMS | NATIONAL TEAMS | S | A | Russian Federation 1627 | Ukraine 1488 | People's Republic of China 1294 |