SOUTH KOREA: Indian alpine skier Sahil Thakur completed forty seventh within the males’s large slalom occasion on the Winter Youth Olympic Video games, right here on Wednesday.
Sahil clocked 2:02.52 (1:04.67 within the first run and 57.85 within the second run) on the Jeongseon Excessive 1 Ski Resort.
The 16-year-old will subsequent be seen competing within the males’s slalom occasion on the identical venue on Thursday.
The boys’s large slalom race comprised a subject of 79 athletes. Sahil was positioned 62nd among the many 65 opponents, who completed the primary run and earned a beginning spot within the second run.
Sahil, who is simply Indian athlete competing at Gangwon, completed the second run to be positioned forty seventh — among the many 50 opponents who completed run — within the last standings.
Gangwon 2024 is the primary time the Winter Youth Olympic Video games is being held in Asia. Round 1, 900 athletes, with an equal illustration of men and women, from 80 international locations, are competing in Gangwon.