Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 6: Shivani Charak of Mountaineering Association of J&K, the top ranked woman sport climber of India, after completing her month long training at Bhuvneshwar, left New Delhi to participate in the Asian Championship being held at Bogor, West Java in Indonesia from November 5 to 10.
She is among the four Indian boys and three women selected by Indian Mountaineering Foundation on the basis of their current national rankings, to represent the country in the continental competition. Shivani has been selected to compete in all the three forms of sport climbing i.e Lead and Speed Climbing and Bouldering.
Shivani has a busy schedule ahead as just after competing in the Asian Championship at Indonesia she will proceed to China for an International sport climbing competition at Ningbo.
As the Indian team for the competitions at Indonesia and China has been cleared by IMF on “No Cost Basis” Shivani has been sponsored for both the international competitions by a Pune based company.
Shivani will return to India from China on November 18 and from November 20, she will attend the selection camp for Asian Youth Championship to be held at Bangalore in December. After competing in the Asian Youth Competition she will again go back to China for another international competition for which she has been sponsored by the Government of China. Finally, she’ll participate in the National Sport Climbing Championship scheduled to be held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar in the first week of January, 2020.
Meanwhile, members of Mountaineering Association of J&K led by Ram Khajuria, General Secretary, Khurshid Ahmad and Yogeshwar Kumar, Vice Presidents; Patrons of Tawi Trekkers Ashwani Sharma, former MLA and Rahul Sharma, Chairman of Sprawling Buds ICSE School; Chairman Team Jammu, Zorawar Singh Jamwal, Shawetica Khajuria, General Secretary, Vivek Chauhan, Principal Oriental Academy Senior Secondary School, Jammu, Sumit Khajuria, an adventure sports promoter and Abhimanyu Sherpa Joint Secretary Tawi Trekkers J&K have wished Shivani all the best for her competitions in Indonesia and China.
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