Ekaterina Koshcheeva (Photo: David Schweizer for UIAA)
Koshscheeva’s victory was a squeaker. Her combined time of 31.22 seconds just edged out Nadya Gallyamova, 27, who had a combined time of 32.14 seconds.
In the Men’s competition Vagin first climb took an astounding 8.97 seconds. He didn’t have to compete for his second climb because Proshchenko who won the Lead competition earlier in the day, fell on his first climb – just shy of the top – and was disqualified.
Alexey Vagin (Photo: David Schweizer for UIAA)
Both Koshcheeva and Vagin now carry the title of UIAA World Speed Champion for a two-year-period.
Their victories came at the expense of Nikolai Kuzovlev and Maria Krasavina who both headed into the semi-final and final rounds as leaders.
Kuzovlev left the competition in the final round (quarter-final) when his 20.32 seconds combined time just wasn’t enough against Egor Trapeznikov’s time of 19.94 seconds. It was that close.
Meanwhile Krasavina who is making a comeback of sorts on the Tour stumbled and slipped in her climb against Koshcheeva and was disqualified in the final round (semi-final). Similarly Ekaterina Feoktistova, who went on to be Overall leader in rankings in the Tour, fell to Gallyamova during the final four duels.
They rankings are now:
