Bendler, Gulyaev and Tolokonina are Ice Climbing big winners
Markus Bendler, Maria Tolokonina and Pavel Gulyaev were the big winners of the 2009 Ice Climbing season. Tolokonina from Russia ranked first in both the Women's Speed and Lead disciplines after winning five out of six competitions. Bendler of Austria made a clean sweep of the men's Lead competitions, winning every single event. Gulyaev won the men's Speed discipline and set a new world speed record. The Ice Climbing World Cup 2009 ended with the finals taking...