Ho Man Io, a member of the Rock Climbing Team of the University of Macau (UM), won a gold medal at the 20th All China University Rock Climbing Championship held in Shandong. More than 380 student athletes from 67 universities across the country participated in the championship.
The championship is one of the most important climbing competitions in the country, with men’s and women’s categories, and six events in each of them: difficulty, boulder, speed, all-round, speed relay, and team. The UM Rock Climbing Team sent five members to compete in the lead, boulder, and team events in the men’s and women’s group A divisions. Ho Man Io, a student of the Faculty of Science and Technology and Chao Kuang Piu College, won a gold medal in men’s boulder and a bronze medal in men’sdifficulty. In addition, the UM Rock Climbing Team placed fifth in the overall team standings.
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