Home star Garnbret impresses at IFSC World Cup in Kranj

By Dan Palmer
Saturday, 11 November 2017

Janja Garnbret impressed in front of a home crowd ©IFSC

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret impressed in front of a home crowd at the International Federation of Sport Climbing Lead World Cup in Kranj.

The 18-year-old sealed the overall lead and combined titles in Xiamen in China last month and she led the women's semi-final today by topping the wall at the Zlato Polje Halle.

Anak Verhoeven of Belgium, Jain Kim of South Korea and Mina Markovic of Slovenia also reached the top after their runs.

A big roar from the Slovenian crowd after the first top in Kranj semi-finals from Mina Markovic! Her comment afterwards: "no, I'm really not pumped, it wasn't that hard." An #IFSCwc legend! pic.twitter.com/S4bRMFEEOE
— IFSC (@IFSClimbing) November 11, 2017

In the men's competition nobody reached the top but Austria's Jakob Schubert managed a high-point of 40 to lead the semi-final.

Stefano Ghisolfi of Italy scored 39 to sit second with three climbers on 38.

Champions will be crowned in Kranj tomorrow when the finals will be held.

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