Jamshedpur to host Sport Climbing Championship from Dec 21

Jamshedpur, Dec 17: Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) will be conducting first edition of Tata Steel Sport Climbing Championship 2019, a three-day open competition for young climbers between the age group of 6 and 16 to be held at JRD Sports Complex here on Dec 21-23, 2019.

 The championship will be held under three age groups i.e. 6-9 years, 10-13 years and 14-16 years and host a speed relay for both men and women. Around 120 participants including the current national champions have already registered for this competition.

Chanakya Chaudhary, Vice President, Corporate Services, Tata Steel said, “Climbing is now an Olympics event and has been included in Tokyo Olympics 2020 for the first time. Climbing is now becoming an urban sport and is getting popular with schools and even defence forces setting-up climbing walls.”

Addressing a press conference at JRD Tata Sports Complex, Chaudhary informed, “TSAF plans to make this championship the flagship annual climbing event in India that will introduce this new and emerging international sporting event to the Indian youth and help identify and groom potential talent to represent India in the 2024 Olympics.”

Tata Steel official further said that Tata Group through TSAF and Tata Trusts has been a pioneer in developing sport climbing in India. The first wall at Indian Mountaineering Foundation was sponsored by Tata Steel in 1994 & named as �JRD Tata Wall�. The two climbing world cups, hosted in India, were organised by a private club and sponsored by Tata Trusts. 

�Tata Steel has been a major benefactor of sports in India. Climbing, though a very popular sport internationally, it is now fast emerging as a popular sport in India. The �Tata Steel Sport Climbing Championship 2019� is specifically designed to give an impetus to this sport in the country. TSAF is very well positioned to create a platform to grow this sport in the coming years to an international level,� added Chaudhary.