World SnowShoe Championship-2020 Japan

Jammu, February 16(HS): Just days after Union Sports Minister Kiran Rijiju announced the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games and included Snow Shoe sport into the games, Kashmir athletes representing India in World Snow Shoe Championship at Myoko Japan have bagged three medals.
In the championship that witnessed athletes from around 17 Countries coming from different continents, Kashmir athletes bagged one silver and two bronze medals. It is the first time ever in the history of the SnowShoe sport that Indian athletes have bagged medals in the World Championship. 
 In junior boys’ category, Ayan Bin Shahnaz of Burn Hall School, while representing India finished second in the five-kilometer run while as 10-year-old Zain Ali of Burn Hall finished third in the same category. In the 20-29 age group categories of the nine-kilometers run, Muzamil Hussain Mir a former student of Islamia College finished third. The championship was organized by the Japan SnowShoeing Federation under the auspices of the World Snowshoe Federation. 

The Indian contingent was fielded by the SnowShoe Federation of India (SSFI). In the championship athletes from Countries like the USA, Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden France, and others participated. Hailing the team for making India proud, Mir Mudassir President of the SSFI said, “Our team has bagged three medals in the World Championship.” 
Muzamil Mir who came out with Bronze medal in the 20-29 age group categories said that he wanted medal in open senior men’s category but it was still an achievement. 
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