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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 1998
3-5 APRIL, NÜRNBERG (GERMANY)

First competition of the season, organised by the German Federation in the Frankenhalle, ideal venue for this kind of meetings. As in the World Championship in Geneva 1995 and in some private Masters like Arco and Serre Chevalier, the general results were based on the performance in a "on-sight" route and a "worked" route. Each coutry had a team of eight athlets, four women and four men, beside France with eleven people (because they have many climbers among the 10 best in the world).

The Italian team was composed by Brenna, Core, Iovane, Marchisio, Benetti and Giupponi, Lella, Artioli, these last ones chosen through a selection that had taken place on the climbing wall of Boomerang in Padua a week before. The competition begins on Friday afternoon, with the quarterfinal. The Italianteam loses three quarter of the women team, and Giupponi. Good performance of Brenna, Lella and Iovane, also Core qualifies. On the next day the half-final men's route was too difficult and some big names, like Legrand, don't make it into the final, around twenty climbers fall with the same holds.

The French Laurence reaches the highest point, followed by Vickers, Petit, Brenna, Rakhmetov. Core, only 10°, is a hold away from the final and Lella is 15°. Good performance of Luisa Iovane, who is able to finish the half-final route, but she can't take part to the final because of her results in the previous round and she ends up ninth. The "on-sight" final takes place in the early afternoon, broadcasted life by German Television. Liz Sansoz arrives to the start with a little delay and is warned by a overzealous judge, she climbs a little nervous and not as concentrated as usual. She is slow and isn't able to clip the last quickdraw before reaching the chain. Muriel Sarkany and Venera Tcherechneva instead reach the top with a clean ascent, tying for first place.

Among the men Ian Vickers reaches the top, followed by the German Christian Bindhammer and a very determined Brenna. On Sunday the finalists can try for twenty minutes the "worked" route and after some hours rest are ready for the final. Liv Sansoz, with an exciting performance almost finishes the route, but must be content with the third place, because of her disadvantage in the previous round.

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	First competition of the season, organised by the German Federation in the Frankenhalle, ideal venue for this kind of meetings. As in the World Championship in Geneva 1995 and in some private Masters like Arco and Serre Chevalier, the general results were based on the performance in a "on-sight" route and a "worked" route. Each coutry had a team of eight athlets, four women and four men, beside France with eleven people (because they have many climbers among the 10 best in the world).
		The Italian team was composed by Brenna, Core, Iovane, Marchisio, Benetti and Giupponi, Lella, Artioli, these last ones chosen through a selection that had taken place on the climbing wall of Boomerang in Padua a week before. The competition begins on Friday afternoon, with the quarterfinal. The Italianteam loses three quarter of the women team, and Giupponi. Good performance of Brenna, Lella and Iovane, also Core qualifies. On the next day the half-final men's route was too difficult and some big names, like Legrand, don't make it into the final, around twenty climbers fall with the same holds.
	The French Laurence reaches the highest point, followed by Vickers, Petit, Brenna, Rakhmetov. Core, only 10°, is a hold away from the final and Lella is 15°. Good performance of Luisa Iovane, who is able to finish the half-final route, but she can't take part to the final because of her results in the previous round and she ends up ninth. The "on-sight" final takes place in the early afternoon, broadcasted life by German Television. Liz Sansoz arrives to the start with a little delay and is warned by a overzealous judge, she climbs a little nervous and not as concentrated as usual. She is slow and isn't able to clip the last quickdraw before reaching the chain. Muriel Sarkany and Venera Tcherechneva instead reach the top with a clean ascent, tying for first place.
		Among the men Ian Vickers reaches the top, followed by the German Christian Bindhammer and a very determined Brenna. On Sunday the finalists can try for twenty minutes the "worked" route and after some hours rest are ready for the final. Liv Sansoz, with an exciting performance almost finishes the route, but must be content with the third place, because of her disadvantage in the previous round.