National climbing team eyes SEA Games podium after topping table at ASEAN Championship
National coach Jay Koh said recent efforts to step up training and grow local interest is reaping results. National climber Natalie Goh ascends a wall. The 18-year-old says she is looking forward to her SEA Games debut this December in Bangkok. SINGAPORE: National climber Natalie Goh has been scaling walls since she was nine, after falling in love with the sport during a family trip to a climbing gym.
She started competing in primary school, specialising in lead climbing and bouldering. Now, the 18-year-old is now among Singapore’s best climbers, helping Team Singapore top the medal tally at the ASEAN Climbing Championship.
She bagged first place in the women’s lead event at the Kuala Lumpur meet last month.
