Today was the first European Youth Lead climbing championship in Gemzac France. We watched it on the live streaming this evening and we saw a very strong Belgian Team.
Loïc Timmermans (Male A) was very strong. He topped his qualification routes and climbed to the highest hold in the finals. He is the first Belgian European youth champion !!
Anak Verhoeven (Female A) was also very strong. She topped her two qualifications routes and also the finals. Jessica Pilz and Ana Tiripa also topped the final route. Anak Verhoeven needed more time to climb to the top and so she finished third place.Jessica is European champion Female A.
Chloé Caulier (9th Female A) ,Emilie Guerit ( 10th Female Juniors) and Sébastien Berthe (10th Juniors Male)made it also to the finals.
Ignace still suffering from the removal of 2 wisdom teeth couldn't train well for this competition and finished on a 20th place.
Other belgian climbers that participated :
See IFSC website for official results !
Nicolas Vancayzeele 16th Male A
Céline Cuypers 19th Female B
Nicolas Collin 22th Male B
Maëlys Gillart 28th Female B
Margot Verhaegen 3Oth Female A
Koen Baekelandt 33th Male A
Liam Thijs 33th Male B
Joke Pierssens 33th Female B
Cedric Binst 35th Male A
Julie Elseviers 35th Female A
William Frimout 36th Male A