The latest round of the World Cup competition series is taking place in Chamonix. First off - the speed event.
With 3 women climbing in under 9 seconds breaking the previous world
record Anouck JOUBERT beats the world record in qualifying with 8.97,
the Russian Yulia LEVOCHKINA stole the show a few minutes later by
posting a time of 8.53.

With Danylo Boldyrev making an early mistake in the mens final
Stanislav Kokorin stormed to the finish with an almost unheard of  3
seconds lead.

M E N speed   complete result
1. Kokorin Stanislav RUS   Time       6.40 sec
2. Boldyrev Danylo UKR   Time       9.04 sec
3. Gontaryk Yaroslav UKR   Time       6.40 sec

W O M E N speed   complete result
1. Rudzinska Aleksandra POL      Time   9.00 sec
2. Gaydamakina Alina         RUS      Time   9.19 sec
3. Titova Natalia                 RUS      Time   9.40 sec

From full results and event info see here and here

Photographer Thomas Humpage was on hand to record events here is his gallery. You can see more of Thomas's work at his website

Margot Heitz V Esther Bruckner in womens event. Copyright Thomas Humpage
Sergey Abdrakhmanov V Libor Hroza in the mens speed event. Copyright Thomas Humpage

Bassa Mawem in motion. Copyright Thomas Humapge

Danylo Boldyrev V Evgeny Astashkin semi final. Copyright Thomas Humpage

Aleksandra Rudzinska celebrates her victory. Copyright Thomas Humpage

Stanislav Kokorin celebrates victory. Thomas Humpage

The women's podium. Copyright Thomas Humpage

The mens podium. Copyright Thomas Humpage