And also the first official climbing competition I've been to. As a volunteer and spectator, I got to see all of the work and effort leading up to the showy and brightly colored finals round. Climbers and crew alike worked to create tonight's final event, and it was awesome.

Two final routes were put up at Movement gym, where each of the athletes would have one chance to get as far as they could before falling. Scoring is based on the last hold the climber touched, and how in control they were while touching it. More value is assigned to being on a hold and about to execute a move, than reaching out and barely touching it.

First place went to Jakob Schubert (Video here). This is his 6th World Cup victory in a row. Surprisingly, several men expected to give Jakob a run for his money fell early in the route. Sean McColl was one, not making the leap/campus/dyno move the French athletes did so well.

Sasha Digiulian, the only female US athlete to make it to finals, fell on said move and took 7th place over all.
Johanna Ernst, who had been climbing strong all weekend, managed to make it over the edge and fell 4 holds from the finish. On the way up she took a rest using an impressive Egyptian (Video here) Johanna took 1st for the women, and Mina Markovic took second.
Final Results
Men
1. Jakob Schubert
2. Sachi Amma
3. Romain Desgranges
4. Manuel Romain
5. Jorg Verhoeven
6. Matty Hong
7. Sean McColl
8. Ramon Puigbianaque
Women
1. Johanna Ernst
2. Mina Markovic
3. Momoka Oda
4. Maja Vedmar
5. Angela Eiter
6. Akiyo Noguchi
7. Sasha Digiulian
8. Charlotte Durif

Catch up on the Semi-Finals and the Quals.