The trio are participating in Asian junior held in Lebanon and see Gul Mustafa Dev �� Kashmir��s loneOlympion �� as a role model. Wani said the host team managed to win medals despite all odds but the absence of J&K��s three exceptional Alpine Skiers �� Arif Khan, Tashi Thiless and Rahil Farooq �� was felt. There were teams from the Army, Navy, High Altitude Warfare School, Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and other sister organisations besides various states,�� he added.

��Apart from 130 athletes from J&K, 320 players from 17 teams participated. ��The response was great though holding the event was a challenge,�� said the state��s Winter Games Association secretary Shabir Wani. While this year snow rugby matches were held just for the sake of demonstration, all eyes were set on Alpine and Nordic skiing, ice skating, including figure and speed skating and ice hockey.

Gulmarg has hosted three of the five national games since its inauguration in 1998 by former Prime Minister I K Gujral. And the fifth National Winter Games in the state may turn into a big platform for the talent hunt.Īttending the games�� inauguration, Suresh Kalmadi, president of Olympic Association, wants the best performing athletes to go for training abroad and gear up for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. While Indian skipper MS Dhoni has fetched $1.5 million in Indian Premier League (IPL) bidding, who knows Mahajabeen, a Nordic skier who earned laurels for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), could be next. Football, cricket or skiing, the best deserve the best.

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