Pakistan's ski team qualifies for 2014 winter olympics

[Safriz]

Pakistan qualifies for Winter Olympics Last updated: 6 hours ago Pakistan's ski team have qualified for the 2014 Sochi Games as officials hope the sport
will flourish at home. Pakistani skiers have qualified for the Winter Olympics for only the second time, officials
said Monday, hoping it will further boost the sport despite searing summer
temperatures. "Our ski team has qualified for the Winter Olympics 2014 after scoring the required
Federation Internationale de Ski (FIS) points in various events held in Europe and Asia,"
said Ski Federation of Pakistan (SFP) official Iftikhar Bajwa. The SFP said Mir Nawaz, Mohammad Karim and Mohammad Abbas attained the desired
results in FIS events held last month in Italy, Turkey and Lebanon. Bajwa hoped the qualification - Pakistan's second after Abbas competed in 2010 Winter
Olympics in Canada - will help the sport to flourish further. "It is a big boost for the sport and we will select the best skier amongst the three once
all of them complete their five races by January 2014," said Bajwa. Skiing is fast gaining popularity in Pakistan and a national championship is held in the
northern Karakoram mountains far from the stifling plains of Punjab, where summer
temperatures can top 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). The SFP, formed in 1990, is run by the Pakistan Air Force.

 

[A.Rafay]

Congrats good going!

 

[A1Kaid]

Great news hope Pakistan skiing team performs well in the next Winter Olympics.

 

[liontk]

Good wishes to pakistan team, no seriously you will need it

Na kidding aside, i will be glad if pakistan does good. It gets boring when we have the same old countries winning a la Canada, russie, america , sweden etc..

 

[Kompromat]

Good wishes to pakistan team, no seriously you will need it

Na kidding aside, i will be glad if pakistan does good. It gets boring when we have the same old countries winning a la Canada, russie, america , sweden etc..

Watch out yara, We Pakistanis can be head turners.

Pakistan sweep skiing competition in South Korea

Mohammad Abbas, pictured above, became the first Pakistani skier to feature in the giant slalom in Vancouver’s 2010 Games

 

[Safriz]

Good the olympics are in Russia..
If it were in India...Pakistani team would be denied visa

 

[Thorough Pro]

I'll be happy that Pakistan will be participating in winter Olympics for the first time I believe, but honestly I don't expect them to pose any threat to countries like Canada, US, Russia, Sweden, etc.

Good wishes to pakistan team, no seriously you will need it

Na kidding aside, i will be glad if pakistan does good. It gets boring when we have the same old countries winning a la Canada, russie, america , sweden etc..

 

[Cyberian]

Well done to the Pakistani Team.

 

[Jackdaws]

Good job. Congrats

 

[PITA]

Congratulations to Pakistan. We'll be seeing you guys on the slopes.

 

[CENTCOM]

We congratulate the Pakistani Ski team on qualifying for the Olympic winter games and wish them best of luck.

Ali Khan
DET, United States Central Command
U.S. Central Command

 

[Areesh]

I hope they send players from GB. Those guys can be a really good skiers. Best of luck team Pakistan.

 

[M.harris]