 Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: Seven sport climbers of Mountaineering Association of J&K left today for Indore to participate in the 2nd IMF All India Sport Climbing Competition (lead & speed) to be organized at Emerald Heights International School, Indore from 24th to 27th October, 2018. The team includes Arun Deep Singh, a former national champion, Ritesh Sharma, a national medalist, Asma Gul and Ajay Deep Singh, both Zonal medalists, Rudra Partap Singh, Randeep Singh and Rahul Sharma. Eighth member of the team Shivani Charak, an international climber, shall proceed to Indore from Delhi where she is undergoing rigorous training at the international standard climbing walls in the Indian Mountaineering Foundation complex. It is a very talented and a well balanced team with a blend of experience and an explosive raw talent, capable of winning a couple of medals in the national competition. It is pertinent to mention here that it is a must for the climbers to compete in the All India Competitions as it is on the basis of their performance in these competitions that Indian Mountaineering Foundation ranks the climbers and then invites them for training cum selection camp for various international Competitions as per their national ranking. It may also be mentioned here that Shivani Charak who has already been selected to represent the country at the Asian Youth Championship at Chongqing, China has bright chances of selection for the Asian Championship to be held at Yoshi, Japan from 7th to 11th November, 2018, if she wins a medal at the Indore competition. |
