Slalom and giant slalom are two Winter Olympic 2022 skiing sports and India’s Arif Khan is qualified for both events.
- Arif Khan is the only athlete from the country to be a part of the 2022 Beijing Games. He is also the only Indian skier to have ever qualified for both events together.
What is Slalom sport?
- Slalom, giant slalom, the downhill, Super G and Alpine are five different events of Alpine skiing.
- In Slalom event, a cascading slope of snow is fixed with highly flexible red and blue plastic poles (gates) across a fixed course. The course has anywhere between 55-75 gates for men and 40-60 for women. The height from top to bottom of the course is usually between 180-220 m for men.
- Skiers are supposed to start at the top of the hill and in the shortest time, navigate their way between the poles to reach the finish line.
- In both sport events, the skier has a chance to put up a time that enters them in the Top 30 and post this, gets another chance to put up a winning time.
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