Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 28: Shivani Charak of Mountaineering Association of J&K, the top ranked woman sport climber of India, has been selected by Indian Mountaineering Foundation, the apex body for sport climbing in the country, to represent India in a series of international sport climbing competitions to be held at five different cities of China during the current year.
For all these competitions, Shivani has been fully sponsored by the Government of China.
Whereas the first competition in Lead climbing & Bouldering will be held at Ningbo, a major port and industrial hub in East China on May 11 and 12, 2019, the second competition in Lead & Speed climbing will be organized on July 10 and 11, 2019 at Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet autonomous region, at an altitude of 12000 ft and the 3rd competition on July 14 and 15, 2019 at Delingha, situated at an altitude of 10000 ft in northern China.
The 4th and 5th competitions in Lead and Speed climbing will be held at Lanzhou in North West China and Wanxiam mountain, a popular film shooting base and summer resort of China.
Total prize money for all these competitions is 100000 Euros (Rs 78 lakhs) which will be distributed equally between men and women categories.
Meanwhile, Shivani Charak left today for Delhi for 13 days coaching cum practice at international standard climbing walls in the IMF complex, before her departure for China.
A number of young climbers gave her an emotional send off at Sprawling Buds ICSE School, Bantalab, Jammu where she has been regularly practicing for the last so many years.
All the climbers wished Shivani the best of luck for her competitions in China.
Prominent among others present on the occasion included Ram Khajuria and Shawetica Khajuria, General Secretary & Joint Secretary of Mountaineering Association of J&K; Ajay Deep Singh, top ranked sport climber of the country in Boys category, Abhimanyu Sherpa, former champion, Reema Devi, Vishali Sharma, Shilpa Charak and Sahil Khajuria.
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