Go Leah!

The Bouldering World Cup season is up and running, with four rounds already completed; one in Switzerland, two in China, and one in Japan. It's exciting to see GB's Shauna Coxsey fully recovered from last season's shoulder surgery, and currently sitting in first place overall!

We're proud to be supporting Shauna's training partner and friend of the centre Leah Crane in this year's World Cup series, as we did last year. There's very little funding around for the GB athletes and no guarantees of even being able to make it to the events to represent - and so we're psyched to be able to help make sure Leah can make it to all of the 2017 rounds across three continents. The last round in Tokyo was really exciting and Leah just missed out on qualification for the Semi Finals by just one spot - we'll be cheering her on to do one better in Vail.

Leah will be running movement workshops at Boulder Brighton later in the year, and we'll be organising a competition where you can win some free coaching from her, and learn about competition climbing at the highest level from the woman herself. Watch this space for details nearer the time.

After a bit of a wobble early in the season (otherwise known as "the paywall fiasco") all of this season's rounds are planned to be streamed live, and for free, on the IFSC's YouTube channel. If you haven't watched a bouldering comp before, you're in for a treat - the finals of each round in particular are well worth a watch:

Remaining rounds

• Vail (9-10 Jun)
• Mumbai (24-25 Jun)
• Munich (18-19 Aug)

Big shout also to the rest of the GB squad, who are all doing us proud out there. Go crush everyone!

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