After a dull start of the season, the Austrian Anna Stohr seems to have regained her drive, first with a second place in Vail, and now with a gold medal in Moscow, in front of the Belgian Chloé Graftiaux, beaten for one bonus less in the final round. Third place for the Korean Kim Jain. The Japanese Noguchi slips off the podium, but holds the second place in the WC Ranking. First in the WC Ranking is now Graftiaux, and third Stohr.
The Czech Adam Ondra finally makes it and wins in the men's category, with 4 tops in the semifinals and 2 in the final. Hori Tsukuru (JPN) is second, with 1 top, while Kilian Fischhuber after his great start of season, is only third, with one top and one attempt more than the Japanese. Anyway, Kilian's first position in the WC ranking is quite steady, while Ondra and Hori follow respectively in the second and third position.
The men's podium in Speed belongs to Russia with Stanislav Kokorin (14.03) and Evgeny Vaytsekhovsky (14.57) in first and second position, and to Ukraine, thanks to Maxim Osipov in third position. Kokorin and Vaytsekhovsky now share the first place in the WC ranking, followed by Osipov.
The women's podium is all- Russian, with Yuliya Levochkina winning gold, Olga Evstigneeva silver and Maria Krasavina winning bronze. Levochkina also leads the WC ranking, in front of Ksenia Alexeeva (RUS) and Evstigneeva.
See also photo gallery from Anna Piunova of mountain.ru
Top three results in all categories in Moscow round:
