The country’s top sport climber in junior-girls’ category, Anisha Verma, clinched gold in lead climbing at the ongoing Open National Sport Climbing Championship a.k.a Tata Steel Sport Climbing Championship at JRD Tata Sports Complex on Sunday.
On her gold-winning performance, the 15-year-old said she had been feeling confident after winning silver at the Asian Youth Meet held in Bangalore from December 11 to 15. “I also feel very fit. My morale has got a boost. I hope to continue with my form at next month’s national meet in Bhubaneswar,” she said.
Anisha, who has been into sport climbing for three years now, said she wants to represent the country in the Olympics. Sport climbing has been included as one of the disciplines in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
“I am not looking at the 2020 Olympics, but I would certainly like to perform well and make it to the national team for Olympics,” Anisha said.
The climber kept the audience in awe by squirreling up the wall swiftly. “Anisha measures the wall so swiftly. She is so fit and agile,” said Somnath Tripathy, a Kadma resident watching the action.
