Alpine skier Arif Mohammad Khan from Jammu and Kashmir has turn out to be the primary Indian athlete to qualify for 2 totally different occasions of the Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing from February 4 subsequent 12 months.
A month after reserving her first Winter Olympic ticket within the alpine snowboarding slalom class on the Olympic Qualifiers in Dubai, Khan lately achieved the uncommon feat by qualifying for her second occasion – the large slalom.
The information was confirmed by his promoter JSW Sports.
JSW-backed alpine skier Arif Khan, who beforehand earned a provisional quota for the slalom occasion on the 2022 Winter Olympics, has now certified for the large slalom occasion as properly. ,# higher on a regular basis , #beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/Ua6EfIRJ65
— JSW Sports (@jswsports) December 29, 2021
“JSW-backed alpine skier Arif Khan, who beforehand earned a provisional quota for the slalom occasion on the 2022 Winter Olympics, has now certified for the large slalom occasion as properly.
“For the first time in history, an Indian will compete in two different events at the Winter Olympics,” JSW Sports wrote in a Facebook submit on Wednesday night time.
While India was represented by two athletes – Jagdish Singh (cross nation snowboarding) and Shiv Keshavan (luge) – on the 2018 Winter Games, Khan is the one individual to have certified for the 2022 Winter Games thus far.
Khan is an expert alpine skier from Tangmarg in North Kashmir and lately certified for the large slalom occasion in Kolasin, Montenegro. He has represented India in over 100 ski occasions held world wide and has been coaching in Europe for probably the most a part of this 12 months.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
