Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 5: The National Nordic (Cross-Country) Ski Championship concluded at Gulmarg today with an impressive demonstration organized by the participating athletes.
Earlier, the last event of the Championship 30 Kms long distance for men was conducted in the Gulmarg bowl.
Jagdish Singh and Padma Namgyal of High Altitude Warfare School Gulmarg bagged gold and bronze medals for their School respectively, while Shubham Parham of Indian Army won silver medal.
Major General Atul Kaushak was the chief guest on the concluding function while Col Dhillon, Director Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering was the guest of honour.
Among others three Olympians Nanak Chand, Nadeem Iqbal and Jagdish Lal were present on the occasion.
The winners were presented medals and all other players were awarded the participation certificates.
The Winter Games Association of J&K is very keen to hold the National Junior Alpine Ski Championship at Gulmarg.
Muhammad Yusuf, General Secretary WGAJK informed that either due to lack of snow or financial constraints no national level championship could be organized at Gulmarg for last few years.
The Association organized last championship in 2014 and since then the budding skiers are badly suffering.
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