Jammu and Kashmir-based alpine skier Arif Mohammed Khan has turn into the primary Indian athlete to qualify for 2 totally different occasions of the Winter Olympics, set to be held in Beijing from February 4, subsequent 12 months.
Khan achieved the uncommon feat not too long ago by qualifying for his second occasion — large slalom — a month after reserving his first Winter Olympics ticket in alpine snowboarding slalom class in an Olympic qualifier in Dubai.
The information was confirmed by his promoter JSW Sports.
JSW-supported Alpine skier Arif Khan, who had earlier earned a provisional quota for the Slalom occasion on the 2022 Winter Olympics, has now certified for the Giant Slalom occasion as effectively. ??#BetterEveryday ???? #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/Ua6EfIRJ65
— JSW Sports (@jswsports) December 29, 2021
“JSW-supported Alpine skier Arif Khan who had earlier earned a provisional quota for the slalom occasion on the 2022 Winter Olympics, has now certified for the enormous slalom occasion as effectively.
“For the first time in history, an Indian will be competing in two different events at the Winter Olympics,” JSW Sports wrote in a fb put up on Wednesday evening.
While India was represented by two athletes — Jagdish Singh (cross nation snowboarding) and Shiva Keshavan (luge) — within the 2018 Winter Games, Khan is the one individual to have certified for the 2022 Winter Games to this point.
Khan is knowledgeable alpine skier from north Kashmir’s Tangmarg and has certified for large slalom occasion at Kolasin, Montenegro not too long ago. He has represented India in additional than 100 ski occasions held the world over and has been present process coaching in Europe for essentially the most a part of this 12 months.
