Overall, Team Singapore secured a haul of 29 medals – nine gold, nine silver and 11 bronze.
Goh and her teammates now have their eyes set on the next major event – the SEA Games in Bangkok in December – where they are aiming to bring home at least four medals.
“I’ll be training every day. I hope to train three times in a day,” the Republic Polytechnic student told CNA, adding she is looking to defer some school modules to focus more time on training.
“SEA Games will definitely be of a higher standard because there will be a lot more (competitors).”
National coach Jay Koh said recent efforts to step up training and grow local interest is reaping results.
“Our climbers, especially the female side – they’re pretty good in bouldering as well as speed,” he added.
“At the end of the day, the Indonesians are still at the top. They have world-class standards. But we are gradually getting there because we have a system in place.”
SCALING UP EFFORTS
To speed up development, the national sport climbing body has made improvements to its facilities, including a new wall to train its lead climbers.
The discipline requires athletes to make their way up a wall over 15m high, clipping their climbing rope to safety anchors as they ascend. At competitions, they are given 6 minutes to look at the wall and determine potential routes before climbing.
