5-man squad to learn skiing highs & lows
Pakistan sending team to South Korea for training.
KARACHI:
Pakistan’s alpine skiers will participate in South Korea’s Dream Programme that helps nurture talented youth and targets those countries where the sport is in its developing stages.
According to the Pakistan Skiing Federation (PSF), four boys and a coach will leave for South Korea on February 6 and will be trained by international coaches besides taking part in a championship that kicks off from February 15. This will be the third time that Pakistan will participate in the programme that features 46 countries.
Last year the PSF had sent a two-member team, which also included a girl, for the programme but this year the federation has been forced to send an all-male team.
“We couldn’t send any girls this year because their families wouldn’t allow their daughters to travel abroad,” PSF Secretary Air Commodore Mussarat Ali told The Express Tribune. “But soon we’ll have girls from Malam Jabba and Naltar participating in international tournaments.
“Our participation in the Dream Programme helps the athletes and the coaches develop their skills since we don’t have good facilities in our country. The programme gives them much-needed
exposure to professional skiing techniques.”
Published in The Express Tribune, February 2nd, 2012.
Pakistan’s alpine skiers will participate in South Korea’s Dream Programme that helps nurture talented youth and targets those countries where the sport is in its developing stages.
According to the Pakistan Skiing Federation (PSF), four boys and a coach will leave for South Korea on February 6 and will be trained by international coaches besides taking part in a championship that kicks off from February 15. This will be the third time that Pakistan will participate in the programme that features 46 countries.
Last year the PSF had sent a two-member team, which also included a girl, for the programme but this year the federation has been forced to send an all-male team.
“We couldn’t send any girls this year because their families wouldn’t allow their daughters to travel abroad,” PSF Secretary Air Commodore Mussarat Ali told The Express Tribune. “But soon we’ll have girls from Malam Jabba and Naltar participating in international tournaments.
“Our participation in the Dream Programme helps the athletes and the coaches develop their skills since we don’t have good facilities in our country. The programme gives them much-needed
exposure to professional skiing techniques.”
Published in The Express Tribune, February 2nd, 2012.