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A national-level Olympic-format velocity climbing title was organised astatine the Madras Regimental Centre (MRC) successful Wellington, The Nilgiris, connected Saturday (May 23, 2026).
In a property release, the Indian Mountaineering Federation, successful relation with the Sport Climbing Association of Tamil Nadu, said that the title was the culmination of a five-day escapade grooming campy that started connected May 18.
“Athletes from assorted States, including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Delhi, participated successful the championship. Competitions were conducted crossed aggregate age-group and sex categories connected the Army Adventure Wing’s IFSC-standard 15-metre (approximately 50-foot) Olympic-format velocity climbing walls,” the property merchandise stated.
Athletes Aniruddha Sing Beniwal and Mishka Chaudhary clocked the fastest times successful the men’s and women’s categories. Both athletes are from Karnataka. Meanwhile, climbers from Tamil Nadu competed successful the Under-13, Under-15, Under-17 property groups and besides successful the Men’s category. “The title would lend to the maturation of competitory athletics climbing successful the country. Nearly 30% of the participants were women, reflecting expanding involvement among young women successful the sport,” said the Sport Climbing Association of Tamil Nadu, successful the property release.
“Grassroot athletes improvement initiatives volition assistance young climbers advancement to planetary levels and Tamil Nadu has the imaginable to look arsenic a large athletics climbing hub successful India,” the merchandise added.
