Jamshedpur,: The 24th IMF East Zone Sport Climbing Championship 2022 concluded with pomp and gaiety. Organized by IMF East Zone Committee in association with Tata Steel Adventure Foundation, this 3-day event saw a participation of more than 280 athletes and 50 officials. The winners qualified for the National championship to be held from 12th-14th August 2022 at Uttarkashi.
Jharkhand was declared the winner with candidates from TSAF outshining others. Out of a total 54 medals, Jharkhand bagged 48.
Avneesh Gupta, Vice President, Total Quality Management and Engineering & Projects, Tata Steel graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Manik Bannerjee, Chairman, Indian Mountaineering Federation East Zone Committee was the Guest of Honor for the evening.
Addressing the budding athletes, Avneesh Gupta said, “I am overwhelmed to see such a grand participation of athletes in the IMF Zonal championship. We aspire to support the holistic development of athletes to compete at national and international forums. Happy to see the performance of TSAF athletes in the event. Tata Steel is committed to provide all the support for the development of sport climbing in the country.”
The winners were given a certificate, medal, prize money and a gift hamper by the organizing Committee. Every candidate was given a certificate of participation.
Parents were happy to get a platform for their kids to showcase their climbing talent. The kids of the grass-root development centre, Masti Ki Paathshaala are gaining momentum with regular practice. TSAF aspires to send them at a larger scale to national and international forums.
The list of winners:
| WINNER | |||
| SUB JUNIOR GIRLS’ LEAD | |||
| 1 | Kiran Singh Thakur | TSAF | |
| 2 | Savitri Samad | TSAF | |
| 3 | Sonali Singh | TSAF | |
| SUB JUNIOR BOYS’ LEAD | |||
| 1 | Kundan Kumar Singh | TSAF | |
| 2 | Suku Singh | TSAF | |
| 3 | Sanjay Birua | TSAF | |
| SUB JUNIOR GIRLS’ BOULDERING | |||
| 1 | Kiran Singh Thakur | TSAF | |
| 2 | Savitri Samad | TSAF | |
| 3 | Nandini Singh | TSAF | |
| SUB JUNIOR BOYS’ BOULDERING | |||
| 1 | Kundan Kumar Singh | TSAF | |
| 2 | Suku Singh | TSAF | |
| 3 | Bhoj Birua | TSAF | |
| SUB JUNIOR GIRLS’ SPEED | |||
| 1 | Kiran Singh Thakur | TSAF | |
| 2 | Savitri Samad | TSAF | |
| 3 | Muskan Bandra | TSAF | |
| SUB JUNIOR BOYS’ SPEED | |||
| 1 | Kundan Kumar Singh | TSAF | |
| 2 | Bhoj Birua | TSAF | |
| 3 | Ayush Rai | Sikkim | |
| JUNIOR GIRLS’ LEAD | |||
| 1 | Joga Purty | TSAF | |
| 2 | Aastha Rani Bhuiyan | TSAF | |
| 3 | Srishti Das | West Bengal | |
| JUNIOR BOYS’ LEAD | |||
| 1 | Ronit Bandra | TSAF | |
| 2 | Abhishek Rawat | TSAF | |
| 3 | Suraj Singh Thakur | TSAF | |
| JUNIOR GIRL’S BOULDERING | |||
| 1 | Joga Purty | TSAF | |
| 2 | Astha Rani Bhuyan | TSAF | |
| 3 | Laxmi Soy | TSAF | |
| JUNIOR BOYS’ BOULDERING | |||
| 1 | Ronit Bandra | TSAF | |
| 2 | Suraj Singh | TSAF | |
| 3 | Abhishek Rawat | TSAF | |
| JUNIOR GIRLS’ SPEED | |||
| 1 | Joga Purty | TSAF | |
| 2 | Astha Rani Bhuyan | TSAF | |
| 3 | Srishti Das | West Bengal | |
| JUNIOR BOYS’ SPEED | |||
| 1 | Suraj Singh Thakur | TSAF | |
| 2 | Abhishek Rawat | TSAF | |
| 3 | Ronit Bandra | TSAF | |
| WOMEN’S LEAD | |||
| 1 | Anisha Varma | TSAF | |
| 2 | Nitu Mahto | TSAF | |
| 3 | Mahua Biswas | West Bengal | |
| MEN’S LEAD | |||
| 1 | Aman Verma | TSAF | |
| 2 | Sachin Saroj | TSAF | |
| 3 | Suraj Singh | West Bengal | |
| MEN’S BOULDERING | |||
| 1 | Aman Verma | TSAF | |
| 2 | Suraj Singh | West Bengal | |
| 3 | Sachin Saroj | TSAF | |
| WOMEN’S BOULDERING | |||
| 1 | Anisha Verma | TSAF | |
| WOMEN’S SPEED | |||
| 1 | Anisha Verma | TSAF | |
| MEN’S SPEED | |||
| 1 | Aman Verma | TSAF | |
| 2 | Sachin Saroj | TSAF | |
| 3 | Talim Ansari | TSAF | |
