Adil Najam
Muhammad Abbas made Pakistan’s Winter Olympics debut today.
We already have a post on Abbas’s remarkable trip from learning skiing on home-made planks in Pakistan’s Northern Areas to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, but these Associated Press pictures from his run today are quite stunning and we thought they deserve a separate post.
The event was Alpine Skiing – Men’s Giant Slalom. I have only now learnt that Giant Slalom is a type of alpine skiing where the skier has to ski between sets of between 56 to 70 poles or gates. From what I can understand of the results, of the 81 who finished, Mohammad Abbas was at number 79 with a time of 3:20.58; trailing behind him were Marino Cardelli of San Marino and Jamyang Namgial of India. Gold was taken by Swiss skier Carlo Janka with a time of 2:37.83, Silver by Norwevian Kjetil Jansrud and Bronze by Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal.
It is not often that one sees such spectacular snow action pictures of a Pakistani skier, so enjoy!
Reaching to this level that he is competing with the world class skiiers is a victory in itself.
My congratultions to his parents as well who must have supported him to follow his dream.
Naseem, Sara and now Abbas – zara num ho to yeh mitti bari zarkhaiz hai saqi
Stunning.
Strangely our entire media did not consider it news!!!Thank you Mr.Najam.
Very glad that you are highlighting this and giving him the attention he deserves. he certainly deserves our attention more than jokers like our current President and Chief Justice!
Well done, Mohammad Abbas.
SHABAASH!!
Jyondaa Reh Putter! Dill Khush Kitaa Vay!
Allah Hor Taraki Davay!