Japan’s Anraku Sorato is on an IFSC Boulder World Cup roll. The Olympic silver medallist won his third gold medal in a row and equals Austria’s Kilian Fischhuber as the only men to accomplish that feat.
Anraku’s road to gold wasn’t all plain sailing though. While others topped the first boulder of the final, he could only make a zone. On boulder two, Anraku began his climb just before the clock had started and had to restart which meant a flash became a second attempt.
As seems to be the case though with Anraku, these things did not phase him. He flashed boulder three and needing a top on boulder four, duly obliged to secure a 84.4pts and the gold medal to the delight of the roaring Salt Lake City crowd.
After the…