Serre Chevalier, Petit and Sarkany victorious

François Petit and Muriel Sarkany win the 12th International Master at Serre Chevalier

July 2001

FranÃ§ois Petit and Muriel Sarkany won last weekend's epic 12th International Master at Serre Chevalier, for the competition unfolded late into the night as a result of the obligatory and by now habitual Super Final.

Alexandre Chabot and Francois Lombard placed second and third, guaranteeing an all-French podium, while Dino Lagni from Italy placed fourth. He too had qualified for the Super Final after having competed in a Final against 13 other athletes.

Five women reached the top in the Final to qualify for their Super Final which, in the end, was won by Muriel Sarkany. The Belgian's renowned determination saw her up 3/4 of the route, ahead of Katrin Sedlmayer from Germany, Martina Cufar from Slovenia and Stephanie Bodet and ChloÃ© Minoret, both from France.

The great weather and the excellent, long and sustained routes, purposefully set for a super final, contributed to the competition's success. This comptition formula is, without a doubt, highly spectacular and much appreciated by both competitors and crowd alike. All attention now shifts to another "great" Master, Arco's Rock Master in September, preceded though by the increasingly important MalÃ¨climbing in August.

Difficulty
World Cup difficulty 2001, 1st stage Chamonix

Bouldering
Bouldering World Cup 2001, 1st stage, Gap
Bouldering World Cup 2001,2nd stage, Chamonix

Further Info Serre Chevalier
www.climbing-worldcup.com
www.escalade-online.com/

Results Men

1 Petit FranÃ§ois
2 Chabot Alexandre
3 Lombard FranÃ§ois
4 Lagni Bernardino
5 Legrand FranÃ§ois
6 Petrenko Maxim
7 Brenna Cristian
8 Pouvreau GÃ©rome
9 Valjavec Tomaz
10 Zardini Luca

Results Women

1 Sarkany Muriel
2 Sedlmayer Katrin
3 Cufar Martina
4 Bodet StephanieÂ
5 Minoret ChloÃ©Â
6 Ovtchinnikova Elena
7 Schopf Bettina
8 Schultz Annatina
9 Uhden Marietta Â
10 Go Mi Sun Kor Â