Excelsior Sports Correspondent
GULMARG, Feb 24: On fourth day of Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG), J&K saw glitter over the snow peaks of Gulmarg as a local boy from Tangmarg, Shahid Ahmad Chichi triumphed Ski Mountaineering in Men’s Vertical Category at Kongdoori and was capped with gold medal, the first one for the UT.
Mayank Dimri from Uttarakhand was decorated with silver while Thir Bhadhur with Bronze.
In the same event for women, Kamaya Kartikayan from Maharashtra, Menak Gunjiyal from Uttarakhand and Gousia Gulzar from J&K won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively besides, in the sport of Alpine Skiing Slalom for women Anchal Thakur from Himachal Pradesh clinched Gold, Sobiya Nabi from J&K followed with Silver and Diya Thakur from Himachal with Bronze. It was plus one for Anchal Thakur who has already decorated herself with first Gold medal in Giant Slalom.
Anchal said that she was confident of her preparation. “I wanted to have best results. I will take with me the experience and memories from 4th Khelo India Winter Games,” she maintained.
Regarding arrangements she expressed gratitude to the Government and J&K Sports Council for excellent arrangements and providing athletes opportunity to enhance their skill.
Apline Skiing Slalom for Men witnessed Army triumphing with medals as athletes Baqir Hussain won gold medal, Mayank Panwar obtained silver, Jekmat Rafstan got bronze. Baqir also becomes the player who won gold medals both in Giant Slalom and Slalom.
In another event of Snowboard Parallel Slalom of Men’s Category, Kulvinder Sharma from Army, Vikar from J&K and Kamal Jeet from Himachal emerged victorious wining Gold, Silver and Bronze respectively. Like Anchal Thakur and Baqir Hussain, Kulvinder Sharma also took second gold medal after winning Snowboard Slalom and Parallel Slalom at Kangdoori.
Bhavani Thekkada Nanjunda from Karnataka lit the Golf Course Nordic Skiing track with celebrations when she struck hat trick of Gold medals after winning Nordic Distance 10 km competition. In the previous two events, she had also won gold in Sprint 1.6 km and Sprint 5 km.
Sapna & Prince from ITBP won silver & bronze respectively in the event. It had been 2nd silver for Sapna after getting silver in 5 km Nordic and surprisingly, Prince Kumari had also won bronze in the same event.
Nordic Skiing for 10 km was the concluding event of the discipline in this 4th KIWG.
The four medals for J&K today brought joy over the faces of spectators who cheered up for local promising athletes-Shahid, Vikar, Sobia & Gousia who clinched titles.
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