Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 31: Shivani Charak, an ace sports climber of J&K has added two more medals to her kitty by winning a Silver Medal in Speed Climbing and a Bronze Medal in Speed Relay on the last day of 4th Tata Steel Sports Climbing Championship organized by Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) at TSAF Sport Climbing Training Centre, Bistupur, Jamshedpur from January 26 to 29, 2024.
Shivani had bagged a Gold medal in Lead Climbing & Bouldering (Combined) on the first day of the competition. She was honoured with cash prize of Rs. 33,000 for the three medals.
Meanwhile, members of the Mountaineering Association of J&K led by Zorawar Singh Jamwal, president; Ram Khajuria, senior vice president; Shawetica Khajuria, general secretary and Rahul Sharma, chairman of Sprawling Buds ICSE School, Jammu have congratulated Shivani for the splendid feat in the biggest Sport Climbing Competition in India which carried a total prize money of Rs.6.50 lakh.
Now, Shivani Charak, a cancer survivor, who is the top ranked sport climber of India shall proceed to Pune where she has been invited as guest of honour for UMEED Cancer Support Forum Marathon under title ‘Umeed Ki Run’, to be held at Pune on February 4, on World Cancer Day.