‘As children we used to play football and cricket, but there was no playground around us. Skiing was the only convenient sport for us.’
India Times put together a photo gallery for Arif Khan, India’s only Olympian at the Beijing Games this year.
Arif Khan is an alpine skiier who competes in the slalom and giant slalom events and is a two-time gold medalist in the South Asian Winter Games (which has only been held once to date)