Olympics Pictorial: Abbas Has His Day in the Snow

Posted on February 23, 2010
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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.



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It is not often that one sees such spectacular snow action pictures of a Pakistani skier, so enjoy!

36 responses to “Olympics Pictorial: Abbas Has His Day in the Snow”

  1. Baasim says:

    Well done Abbass. Keep the Pakistani flag flying high. We are proud of you.

    Very nice post and great pictures.

  2. FaddyQazi says:

    Another Brave Pakistan, knocking all odds and reaching a Higher Ground!!!

    Good Luck Next Time Abbas.

    Be a Brave Pakistani and participate in upcoming events with more Zeal & Zest.

  3. Lubna Asif says:

    Mashallah…..it is heart warming to see Naseem Hameed and Mohammad Abbas rise and shine and bring happiness to Pakistan!

  4. Ch. Anwar says:

    Well done Abbas.

    And thank you ATP for highlighting this so excellently. We need national heroes and need to take pride in Pakistanis who excel.

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