It was in an electric atmosphere that the finals of the U18 and U20 categories took place this Saturday afternoon, in Chamonix and Montmartin-sur-Mer. After already hotly contested qualifications, the young climbers have once again proven the excellence of the French level!
Here are the results.
Chamonix
In Chamonix, the U18 finals challenged the competitors. For girls, the best finalists will only complete the first block of the finals, so the ranking will be based on the number of zones. In this game, Macha Brebion wins with 4 zones to its credit, ahead of Elisa Passemard et Alwena Gouello (3 zones).
Among boys, tops are almost all equally rare. It is Maël Reynaud who leaves with gold (2 blocks in 6 tries and 3 zones), finishing just ahead Antonin Gachon (2 blocks in 11 trials and 3 zones). The podium is completed by Octave Zanetti-Large (1 block and 3 zones).
The U20s managed to express themselves better in the final blocks concocted by the openers. Among the women, Chambéry Escalade monopolizes the entire podium by placing Sophia Douglas on the highest step, with 3 blocks and 4 zones. She is slightly ahead Lana Bonnalwhich will take three more tries to achieve the same score. Finally, it is Aude Morineau who leaves with bronze (2 blocks and 4 zones).
For men, it’s the Toulouse Matteo Soule who wins the competition with 4 tops, ahead Tom Mezard et Maël Mussonwho pocket three blocks.
Montmartin-sur-mer
700 kilometers further north, in Montmartin-sur-mer, the competition was also very competitive!
Among the U18s, Chloe Jubert wins in the most beautiful way by being the only finalist to complete all the blocks. Behind, the race for the silver and bronze medals raged on as the next four competitors completed three blocks out of the four offered. In the game of bonuses and trials, it's Meline Planchon who climbs to the second step of the podium, in front Maellys Petitot.
-For the men, the final was very difficult! Jeremy Corne narrowly wins in front of Thélio Golab with only two blocks on the clock. Sascha Faif completes the podium with a top to his credit.
Among the U20 girls, the victory was also decided by the number of tries, to the advantage ofHéloïse Chantotwho chain together all the final blocks in two tries less than Zoe Latour. The bronze medal was won by Elisa Mangin who finished the competition with three tops to his credit.
In men, Arthur LeLoarer wins this competition with 3 blocks and 4 zones, ahead of Esteban Ayrault (3 blocks and 3 zones) and Raphaël Geoffron (2 blocks and 4 zones).
The rest of the program
Sunday 19/01
7h30 – 10h30 : Qualification U16
10h45 – 13h45 : Qualification Seniors
15h15 – 18h45 : Finale U16 et Seniors
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