Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 28: J&K climbers kept the state flag high by winning 4th Junior as well as Sub Junior North Zone Sport Climbing Championship held at Sprawling Buds School, here.
In the Sub Junior Championship, J&K climbers completely swept the medals tally by winning 2 Gold and equal number of Silver and Bronze medals. The other teams from Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and UP were no match against the strong J&K climbers.
While Ajay Deep Singh, Arun Deep and Mandeep Singh secured the first three positions in the Sub Junior Boys category, the first three positions in the Sub Junior Girls Category were bagged by Asma Gul of Sprawling Buds School, Chinore, Jammu and Kulsuma Banoo & Aisha Tabassum of Haji Public School, Doda.
Shivpreet Pannu, a nationalist medalist, gave Punjab a head start by winning a Gold medal in Lead climbing in the Girls category, while the two J&K climbers Shivani and Shilpa who secured 2nd and 3rd place behind Shivpreet, came back strongly in Speed climbing with Shivani, national champion in speed climbing, winning the Gold in style and shilpa clinching a silver medal. Shivpreet had to contend with a bronze medal.
Similarly, in the Boys Lead and Speed climbing competitions only Govind of Haryana, a national medalist, could pose some challenge to the strong J&K team led by Aman Dogra, a national speed climbing champion and Mrityunjay Sharma, a national medalist.
Results:
Sub Junior Girls: 1. Asma Gul, 2. Kulsuma Banoo 3. Aisha Tabassum (All of J&k)
Sub Junior Boys: 1.Ajay Deep Singh 2.Arun Deep Singh 3. Mandeep Singh (all of J&K )
Junior Boys: Lead Climbing 1. Aman Dogra. 2. Mrityunjay Sharma.( both of J&k) 3. Govind of Haryana.
Junior Girls : Lead Climbing:1. Shivpreet Pannu of Punjab. 2. Shilpa Charak 3. Shivani ( both of J&K )
Junior Boys: Speed Climbing:1. Mrityunjay Sharma 2. Aman Dogra( both J&K) 3. Govind of Haryana.
Junior Girls: Speed Climbing: 1. Shivani Charak 2. Shilpa Charak 3. Shivpreet Pannu
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