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Shivani leaves for Asian Mountaineering Championship at Indonesia
KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 11/7/2019 12:10:27 AM
JAMMU, Nov 6: Shivani Charak of Mountaineering Association of J&K, the top ranked woman sport climber of India, after completing her month long training at Bhuvneshwar, left Delhi on November 4 for Indonesia to participate in the Asian Championship being held at Bogor, west Java in Indonesia from 5th to November 10.
She is among the four Indian boys and three women selected by Indian Mountaineering Foundation on the basis of their current national rankings, to represent the country in the continental competition. Shivani has been selected to compete in all the three forms of sport climbing i.e Lead and Speed Climbing and Bouldering.
Shivani has a busy schedule ahead as just after competing in the Asian Championship at Indonesia she shall proceed to China for an International sport climbing competition at Ningbo.
As the Indian team for the competitions at Indonesia and China has been cleared by IMF on “No Cost Basis” Shivani has been sponsored for both the international competitions by a Pune based company.
Shivani will return to India from China on 18th November and from 20th November she shall attend the selection camp for Asian Youth Championship to be held at Bangalore in December.
After competing in the Asian Youth Competition she will again go back to China for another international competition for which she has been sponsored by the Government of China. Finally, she’ll participate in the National Sport Climbing Championship scheduled to be held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar in the first week of January,2020.
Meanwhile, members of Mountaineering Association of J&K led by Ram Khajuria, General Secretary, Khurshid Ahmad and Yogeshwar Kumar, Vice Presidents; Patrons of Tawi Trekkers Ashwani Sharma, former MLA and Rahul Sharma, Chairman of Sprawling Buds ICSE School; Chairman Team Jammu, Zorawar Singh Jamwal; Shawetica Khajuria, General Secretary; Vivek Chauhan, Principal Oriental Academy Sr. Sec. School, Jammu, Sumit Khajuria, an adventure sports promoter and Abhimanyu Sherpa Jt. Secretary Tawi Trekkers J&K have wished Shivani all the best for her competitions in Indonesia and China.