Kashmir Alpine skier, Arif Khan, has qualified for the upcoming Winter Olympics 2022 to be held in Beijing. Arif secured his place during the qualifying alpine skiing event in Dubai.
Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, has congratulated Arif Khan, Sports Council and Youth Services Sports department for the feat and hoped that his performance in Beijing Winter Olympics will be medal-winning.
“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 sports events,” said Farooq Khan in a statement.
Beijing Winter Olympics, 2022 is scheduled to take place from February 4 to 20 in Beijing and towns in the neighbouring Hebei province in the People’s Republic of China.
Aarif has received praises on social media for achieving the feat. The former chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir, Omar Abdullah took to his twitter to congratulate the Kashmiri Skier.
Congratulations Arif, well done for qualifying for #Beijing2022. We will all be rooting for you. https://t.co/hS4R5FDYeS
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) November 20, 2021