The prestigious Studio Bloc Masters 2020 bouldering tournament (climbing subspecies) was held in Darmstadt, Germany. Ukrainian rock climber won the competition.
It is reported that the 31-year-old Ukrainian successfully passed the qualification and semifinal stages, and in the final of four boulders he overcame three, became the only one who overcame the third track, and eventually received a gold award.
Studio Bloc Masters are the world's largest bouldering competitions in which the world's strongest climbers compete. The qualification round consists of 80 bouldering routes, and the result of each athlete depends on how quickly he was able to go through his most difficult 20 routes.
Sergey Topishko - multiple champion of Ukraine in bouldering. The closest rival of the Ukrainian was the Russian Vadim Timonov, who took second place.
Four climbers represented Ukraine at international competitions: Evgenia Kazbekova from the Dnieper, Sergey Topishko, Roman Batsenko and Valentin Grekulov from Kiev. In total, 161 women and 350 men took part in the competitions.