November 5, 2024
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Manali girl Aanchal Thakur waves Indian flag in Turkey, her father expresses the problems faced by Indian athletes.

Aanchal Thakur waves Indian tricolor in skiing. | Digitalsporty.com
Aanchal Thakur posing with her Bronze Medal. Courtesy: Aanchal's Twitter account.

Aanchal Thakur, India’s first International medal winner in skiing, is really happy with her historic triumph, she termed it as incredible. Aanchal tweeted “Finally something unexpected happened. My first ever international medal. Federation International Ski Race (FIS). At the end turkey served me well” 

“It was really tough for me, because snow fall happens for a short duration of time in India. As a result, i had to do my training outside the country,”. Aanchal Thakur said.

Aanchal’s father said, European players get to train for 10 months in a calendar year, while our players can only opt for two month training, as the cost of training abroad is really costly. Following her daughter’s historic feet, he hopes, the government will start taking interest in Winter sports.

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi took to twitter and congratulated India’s decorated skiing star.

 

India’s sports minister, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore tweeted

What is Slalom Race

Aanchal Thakur won the bronze in Slalom race at Alpine Ejder 3200 Cup. International skiing federation serves as the event organizer. Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super giant slalom and downhill, necessitating quicker and shorter turns.

A player competing in the Slalom race.

The 21 years old hails from Manali in Himachal Pradesh and the state government has decided to feliciate its daughter with a prize money of 5 Lakh Rupees. Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur confirmed it on Wednesday. CM further expressed immense happiness and congratulated Aanchal on the historic feet.

Aanchal Thakur

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