Reigning champion Shivani settles for bronze

24th National Sport Climbing C’ship

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 1: Shivani Charak of Mountaineering Association of J&K won a bronze medal in Speed Climbing in the Women’s category of the 24th National Sport Climbing Competition which concluded at Kanteerva Stadium, Bengaluru, recently.
She lost the semifinal against the reigning speed climbing champion Shivpreet of Punjab but came out strongly to win against the other losing semifinalist Sonali Pereira of Bengaluru to claim the bronze medal.
Asma Gul, another J&K climber in the North Zone team also performed well in speed climbing to enter the final round of eight climbers in the girls category but slipped in the next competition to eventually secure the 6th rank.
Barring the bronze medal in speed climbing, the 24th National Championship turned out to be a nightmare for Shivani Charak who was the reigning national champion both in Lead Climbing and Bouldering besides a silver medallist in Speed Climbing in the last edition of the competition. All that she could manage in this national was only 4th and 5th position in Lead and Bouldering respectively.
This was despite the fact that Shivani along with Asma Gul had undergone strenuous coaching for 11 days at the International standard climbing Walls and Gym at Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi which, however, proved to be woefully inadequate.

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