Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 27: The ace sports climber, Shivani Charak of J&K opened her account with a Gold medal in lead climbing and bouldering (combined) in the 4th Tata Steel Sport Climbing Championship being organised by Tata Steel Adventure Foundation at TSAF Sport Climbing Training Centre, Bistupur, Jamshedpur from January 26 to 29, 2024.
Whereas in lead climbing Shivani secured the first rank. She could win the 2nd place only in Bouldering. However, as she was far ahead of other climbers in combined ranking of lead climbing and bouldering she won the Gold medal and a cash prize of Rs. 20000, the statement said.
Preliminary rounds in speed climbing were in progress and she is expected to be among the medallists in speed climbing also. Competition in speed relay in which the relay team consists of two male and one female climber shall be conducted tomorrow.
It may be mentioned here that Tata Steel Championship is India’s biggest competition which carries a total prize money of Rs. 6.50 lakhs. The championship is also unique as competitions are held in Lead and Bouldering (combined) and also in Speed Relay (Team).
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