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Climbers Shivani, Aman win gold in Nationals 12/2/2015 10:48:50 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 2: Shivani Charak and Aman Dogra created history winning gold for J&K in Speed Speed Climbing event the girls and boys category respectively in the 21st National Sport Climbing Championship held at Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) New Delhi the other day. Shivani added another medal to her kitty by winning a bronze in Bouldering also. "In a very keen contest, on the concluding day of the championship, Shivani edged past the highly talented Netra Char of Bangalore (South Zone), to win the title. Similarly, Aman Dogra who had upset highly rated climbers on his way from elimination round to the final, gave another sterling performance to upset an international climber Maibam Chingkheinganba of North East Zone and win the speed climbing title in the boys category," informed general secretary of the J&K Mountaineering Association, Ram Khajuria. The other state climbers also excelled in various categories but somehow remained medalless. Mrityunjay Sharma who had raised vision of a medal by reaching the final round by topping the 50 ft high climbing wall in the semifinals could not repeat his performance and finished sixth in Lead Climbing. He also finished seventh in Speed climbing and Bouldering. Similarly, Shilpa gave a good account of herself to finish at fourth and fifth place in Speed climbing and Bouldering respectively. In Lead Climbing final, Shivani was tied at the second place with four other climbers but slipped to fourth position when the result was determined on the basis of ranking in the semi final. Ajay Deep Singh and Asma Gul, both state champions in sub junior boys and girls categories also performed well to secure fourth and 10th position respectively. "Overall, it was an excellent performance by the six member team with five climbers entering the final rounds in various forms of competitions and two climbers winning two gold and a silver medal besides three climbers securing the fourth place in their respective categories," said joint secretary of the Association, Shwetica Khajuria. The state team was sponsored by J&K State Sports Council.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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