“We want more”
We look forward to every competition that is held,
says Ines Dull.
The Bavarian national trainer had another reason to be happy, namely that her athletes gambled away in the second and third German Youth Cup (DJC). The Bavarian team won a total of seven medals. On the second weekend in May, the young climbers met in Darmstadt. After bouldering at the first DJC in Nuremberg, it was now the turn of lead and speed. Due to the pandemic, the competition was split over two days: Youth B started on Saturday, and Youth A started on Sunday. The athletes therefore had to complete two competitions in one day, which cost a few grains. In Darmstadt, too, it has been shown again that the girls and boys have become real speed climbers. Fast times that would have been unthinkable not so long ago and close duels ensured tension. For the lead, route setters Christian Bindhammer and Lars Bell conjured up varied tours on the wall that the athletes had to nibble on.
Tag 1:
Youth B
Female Youth B Lead
Even in the qualification, pumpy tours with open handles, slopers and spax, as well as uncomfortable cliff positions where body tension was required, demanded a lot from the girls. Here one athlete was particularly convincing – as was the case with DJC bouldering:
Annika Müller (Augsburg) already mastered the qualification very solidly and moved into first place in the top ten finals. After wobbly trains and greasy handles at the start, it went over volume and large black handles towards the roof. Some athletes struggled in particular at one point: Five girls fell on the same train – the preliminary round decided here. At the end of the day, Annika Müller was able to defend her top position with a clear lead and deservedly secured the gold medal with a height of 37. Second place went to Lilly Neubürger (Aschaffenburg) with 29+. Charlotte Schiefer (Swabia), who was already in 3rd place after qualifying, took bronze with a height of 27+.
Male Youth B Lead
A familiar face also prevailed among the boys: Finn Altemöller (Rhineland-Cologne) already showed in the qualification with the only top in the first tour – a record of the finest with open trains, stands up and snappers – that he was good on this day Will accelerate. Timo Ossig (Allgäu-Kempten) didn’t miss anything in the qualification: With the only top of the second tour – here it went from a runner at the start, who threw many participants off the track, over some baller trains and a hanging passage on small bars to the top – he sat at the top for the time being.
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The boys final went perfectly, almost all athletes fell on different moves. Here it was necessary to call up shoulder power, flexibility, tension and endurance, which one athlete did particularly well. Namely Finn Altemöller, who was able to top the final route and who was at the top of the podium with this leadership. Second place went to Johann Söhngen (Frankfurt / Main) with a strong height of 40+. Timo Ossig could no longer maintain his lead from the qualification, but at 30+ he still deserved the bronze medal.
Lead results of youth B of the 2nd German Youth Cup
Girls:
1. MÜLLER Annika
2. NEW CITIZENS Lilly
3. SLATE Charlotte
4. GLOMB Emma
5. GUTTENBERGER Mia
6. WITT Ronja Marlene
7. FRITSCHE Julie
8. STUMPF She cries
9. KOPPELMANN Elisa
10. URBAN Julia
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Guys:
1. ALTEMÖLLER Finn
2. SÖHNGEN Johann
3. OSSIG Timo
4. HEIL Jonas
5. LOVES Jason
6. Aaron’s Cabbage
7. HAMKER Max
8. POLLAK Erik
9. FROSCHAUER Sebastian
10.EISENKOLB Janne Lucas
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Female youth B speed
Charlotte Schiefer (Swabia) already set an exclamation point in qualifying with the only penalty time. The top 16 made it one round. After each run, the number of athletes was halved – the fastest of the day were in the final at the end. Favorite Charlotte Schiefer showed nerves in every lap and won the race with 11,675 seconds in the grand finale. With a second medal, she was able to end the long day of competition extremely successfully. Second place went to Mia Guttenberger (Bad Tölz) with a time of 12,080 seconds. Nele Thomas (Rhineland-Cologne) just won the small final with 11,581 seconds – she secured bronze.
Male youth B speed
Aodhan Umlauf (Markt Schwaben) showed an unbelievable performance here. Already in the qualification he was the only one to run an eighth time and clearly outperformed his competition. Playfully he ran up the wall in every lap and at the end of the day secured the gold medal more than deservedly with an incredible time of 8,337 seconds.
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Johann Söhngen (Frankfurt / Main) showed that he can also be expected in terms of speed. With a very strong 8,549 seconds and an exciting battle against the winner, he secured his second silver medal that day. Jonas Heil (Frankfurt / Main) was able to take 3rd place after his opponent fell in the small final.
Speed results of youth B of the 2nd German Youth Cup
Girls:
1. SLATE Charlotte
2. GUTTENBERGER Mia
3. THOMAS In it
4. FRITSCHE Julie
5. BÄZOL Lara
6. SCHIRUTSCHKE Carla
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Guys:
1. CIRCULAR Aodhan
2. SÖHNGEN Johann
3. HEIL Jonas
4. ALTEMÖLLER Finn
5. EISENKOLB Janne Lucas
6. POLLAK Erik Wetzlar
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Tag 2:
Jugend A
The tours of youth B were only slightly changed for youth A. However, this modification has not changed anything in terms of the movements themselves. The problem was that the girls and boys had to perform on the outside wall under less than optimal conditions, especially in the afternoon. The sun was beating down from the sky, the temperatures were high.
Female Youth A Lead
Anna Maria Apel (Munich-Oberland) – the winner of the first DJC bouldering – delivered a sovereign performance. She took the lead by far in qualifying. In the final, however, the athletes were probably not able to fully utilize their potential. Anna Maria Apel fell into the rope when she was 27+ – the place where some youth B finalists failed. She was still able to secure the day’s victory. Second place went to Ronja Funk (Swabia). She also came up to 27+, but slipped behind Anna Maria due to the preliminary round result. Lily Cornely (Rhineland-Cologne) secured bronze with a height of 21+.
Male Youth A Lead
Some familiar faces battled for the day’s victory all Sunday. Even after the qualifying, a packed field promised an exciting finale. It was a head-to-head race that Yannick Nagel (Heidelberg) won in the end. He fell into the rope at 37+. Silver went to the bouldering and speed specialist Leander Carmanns (Rhineland-Cologne), who just had to admit defeat:
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The second place in the lead surprised me, but the one move to first place would definitely have been possible,
Leander commented on his result.
Third place went to Emil Zimmermann (Freiburg-Breisgau), also one of the favorites. He was already able to convince in the previous week with his participation in the lead final at the European Youth Championships in Perm.
Lead results of youth A of the German Youth Cup in Darmstadt
Girls
1. APEL Anna Maria
2. FUNK Ronja
3. CORNELY Lili
4. MERZ Emilia
5. MUTH Leonie
6. LUDWIG Lena
7. SCHMITZ-KOLKMANN Karla
8. LOVE Zoe
9. WOLF Anna-Lena
10. ULITZSCH Nina
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Guys:
1. NAIL Yannick
2. CARMANNS Leander
3. CARPETTER Emil
4. ECKER Jonas
5. PFEIFFER Ben
6. FLOWER Thorben Perry
7. SLATE Jacob
8. SCHWEIGER Florian
9. SETTLERS Michel
10. THING Max
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Female Youth A Speed
Two girls in particular stood out in the qualification. The speed specialist Nuria Brockfeld (Osnabrück) took the lead with 8,796 seconds. Anna Maria Apel (Munich-Oberland), who had already completed the lead competition, showed with 9.167 seconds that she will not make it easy for Nuria. In the end, the two competitors faced each other in the grand finale. This run could hardly have been closer, Nuria Brockfeld hit the buzzer only about a tenth of a second earlier. With a time of 8,320 seconds, she took the day’s victory in speed. Anna Maria ran brilliantly: with 8,494 seconds she secured second place. Bronze went to Emilia Merz (Rhineland-Cologne) who just managed to win the small final.
Male Youth A Speed
After his speed victory at the European Youth Championships in Perm, Leander Carmanns (Rhineland-Cologne) was the big favorite. He not only secured the gold medal at European level in Perm, but also ran the new German record with 5,976 seconds – and for the first time as a German athlete a time under six seconds.
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It was clear to me that I could run for such a time, but not how perfectly everything had to come together,
said the Cologne man about his record.
As expected, he was also in the grand finale in Darmstadt after a few good runs. But here it became clear again that everything has to go perfectly.
The final run actually went very well, but shortly before the end I made a mistake that decided the duel,
said Leander after the competition.
On this day it was Thorben Perry Bloem (Braunschweig) who everything went perfectly: He secured gold with an unbelievable 6,277 seconds. Leander ran 6,918 seconds in the final. Bronze went to Till von Bothmer (Worms), who ran up the wall in the small final within 8,219 seconds.
The weekend was exhausting and packed – but we feel like more,
was Ines Dull’s balance sheet.
Speed results of youth A of the German Youth Cup in Darmstadt
Girls:
1. BROCKFELD Nuria
2. APEL Anna Maria
3. MERZ Emilia
4. HILBERT Alice
5. ULITZSCH Nina
6. SCHMITZ-KOLKMANN Karla
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Guys:
1. FLOWER Thorben Perry
2. CARMANNS Leander
3. VON BOTHMER Till
4. SLATE Jacob
5. THINGS Max
6. STEINER Levid
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