Arif Khan | Winter Olympics J&K: Arif Khan qualifies for Beijing Winter Olympics
Srinagar/UNI: Kashmir Alpine skier, Arif Khan, has qualified for the upcoming Winter Olympics 2022 to be held in Beijing, an official spokesman said on Saturday.
Beijing Winter Olympics is scheduled to be held from February 4 to 20 in 2022.
Arif secured his place in the games during the qualifying alpine skiing event in Dubai.
Former chief minister Omar Abdullah expressed his happiness at Arif's qualification and said "we will all be rooting for you."
"Congratulations Arif, well done for qualifying for #Beijing2022. We will all be rooting for you," Omar tweeted.
Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, also congratulated Arif Khan, Sports Council and Youth Services Sports department for the feat and hoped that his performance at the Beijing Winter Olympics will be a medal-winning one.
He said that the creation of world-class sporting infrastructure with training and coaching facilities has started showing results and more and more players are getting selected for national and international sporting events.
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