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| Shivani Charak shines in lead climbing | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 22: Shivani Charak, one of the top sport climbers of the country, opened the account for J&K with a Gold medal in lead climbing in women's category of the IMF All India Bouldering and Lead Climbing competition being held at Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling.
In the semi final round in which 24 climbers from throughout the country participated Shivani had slipped at a crucial point to secure the 5th place among the 8 finalists. However, in the final round she gave an excellent performance to go ahead of others and bagged the Gold. Pratiksha of Bangalore and ShriyaNanker of Pune secured the 2nd and 3rd positions. In the Men's category in which 73 climbers participated in Bouldering. Mrityunjay Sharma of J&K raised vision of a medal when he entered the final round. But despite his best efforts against very tough international competitors he could secure only the 6th place. Anyway it was a creditable performance. In the Boys category Ajay Deep and Arun Deep Singh of J&K have entered the final round by securing the 5th place. Final round shall be played late in the evening. However, Asma Gul in the Girls category could not perform to her full potential in lead climbing and failed to reach the final round. She secured only the 11th place in a field of 23 climbers. |
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