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**UPDATED**Climbing Worldcup Results

featured in News & Reviews Author Chris Richard, Site Editor Updated

French climber Charlotte Durif and Spanish Ramon Julian Puigblanque won the first leg of this year's lead climbing world cup event in Chamonix.

The huge crowd that came to watch the world's best climbers basking under the evening sun were not disappointed, the evening threw together a lot of action, loud music and good times.

The lead climbing saw two very different climbs for the men's and women's competitions; whilst the men's line was only completed by the champ Ramon - the women's line saw most competitors reach the final hold.

As for the results here they are:

Men's lead:
1 -JULIAN PUIGBLANQUE, Ramón ESP
2 - USOBIAGA LAKUNZA, Patxi ESP
3 - VERHOEVEN, Jorg NED

Mens speed:
1 - HROZA, Libor CZE
2 - SINITSYN, Sergey RUS
3 - KOKORIN, Stanislav RUS

Womens lead:
1 - DURIF, Charlotte FRA
2 - JANICOT, Hélène FRA
3 - VIDMAR, Maja SLO

Women's speed:
1 - ALEKSEEVA, Ksenia RUS
2 - ROPEK, Edyta POL
3 - HE, Cuilian CHN

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