Women’s Final Results

1. Alex Puccio (US)
2. Akiyo Noguchi (Japan)
3. Juliane Wurm (Germany)
4. Therese Johansen (Norway)
5. Katharina Saurwein (Austria)

Men’s Final Results

1. Sean McColl (Canada)
2. Jon Cardwell (US)
3. Guillaume Glairon-Mondet (France)
4. Jan Hojer (Germany)
5. Rustam Gelmanov (Russia)

Highlight


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Sean McColl's flash of the men's "tie-break-problem" of the adidas RockStars 2012 is one of the most impressive bouldering performance ever!

Highlights of the adidas rockstars 2012 – Porsche Arena Stuttgart from world of freesports on Vimeo.

In a thrilling final, which could hardly be outgunned in terms of drama, Alex Puccio from the USA and Sean McColl from Canada claimed the highly paid title adidas ROCKSTAR 2012 this weekend. Around 70 of the world’s best bouldering athletes from 20 different countries travelled to Stuttgart, Germany, to experience a top-class bouldering competition. On a giant stage with catwalk and live band the pro climbers felt like rock stars. And that’s exactly the objective of the event, which combines rock climbing with rock music to stage an intoxicating sports show.

Climbers look forward to new Rockstars boulder wall in Stuttgart from world of freesports on Vimeo.

The quality of the routes is vital for a good competition. After all, adidas ROCKSTARS wants to demonstrate the skills of the international boulder elite. At the same time the route setters try to live up to the interests of spectators and the media. That asks for instinct feel. Boulders have to be set in a fair way with equal opportunities for all athletes. At the same time they should severely test the skills of the competitor: flexibility, strength, endurance, creativity, orientation. In an ideal case only one athlete masters the most difficult problem. But if the boulders are too tough, it could backfire. This is when many years of competition and route setting experience come into play - it also helps to deal with the pressure.

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