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Angelika Rainer is again world champion in ice climbing

Editorial | Alpine Route | 21 February 2011 | 0 Comments

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Angelika Rainer (24) was on 06 February 2011 her world championship title in ice climbing (lead) to successfully defend. The 24-year-old South Tyrolean sat down in a thrilling final against Woon Seon successfully Shin (KOR) and Anna Galliamova (RUS) by.

Angelika Rainer WM Eisklettern 2011 Angelika Rainer ist erneut Weltmeisterin im Eisklettern

Image: Salewa

"I want to defend my title, of course," said Angelika Rainer gave in an interview in advance of the ice climbing World Cup optimism. An attitude that led them consistently throughout the competition. 22 athletes were included in the Romanian Busteni for the finals of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2011 qualifying in the lead. Nine reached the finals, where, six of them climb in the semifinals top. Angelika was among them - and the fastest to do so. "I had prepared myself very consistently this season," the radiant Meranerin looks back from the podium. "Unfortunately, I was cut off in the World Cup has not been as successful as I wanted it. I've just had this season and bad luck. So the more I focused on the World Cup, "says the 24-year-old student.

In the demanding final route succeeded in the South Tyrolean sympathetic then, against their pursuers bliss Sheon Shin (KOR) and Anna Galliamova (RUS) to enforce. As Angelika also reached the semifinals in both the highest point of the tour. But the route to the farm women had served in the finale a particularly hard nut to crack. Angelica was able to pinpoint the last grip of the route with their ice axes to achieve. But the cliffs in the deflector-carbine they left the forces. Your competitors, however, suffered the same fate sooner. And then the lively Meranerin secured for the second consecutive world title in ice climbing with 13:28 points.

Angelika Rainer pict 2 Stelian Pavalache Photodesign I 2 Angelika Rainer ist erneut Weltmeisterin im Eisklettern

Image: Salewa / Stelian Pavalache

Now rejoices the Athlete of the SALEWA alpineXtrem teams already on the coming summer. But until then, she has devoted herself more fully the issue of ice. The next and final stage of the World Cup is the sixth ice climbers to 8 March in Kirov, Russia instead. There were also the new world champion in ice will speed climbing voted.