{"id":4053,"date":"2018-01-10T16:13:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T10:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.smartworld.asia\/?p=4053"},"modified":"2018-01-10T16:15:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T10:45:19","slug":"manali-girl-aanchal-thakur-wins-indias-first-intl-skiing-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/manali-girl-aanchal-thakur-wins-indias-first-intl-skiing-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Manali Girl Aanchal Thakur Wins India\u2019s First Intl Skiing Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"

21-year-old Aanchal Thakur from Manali etched her name in history books after she won India’s first-ever international skiing medal.<\/h2>\n

\"aanchal<\/p>\n

Aanchal won bronze in the coveted Alpine Ejder 3200 Cup at the Palandoken Ski Centre in Erzurum in Turkey. The event was organised by the Federation Internationale de Ski (FIS), the international governing body for skiing. She won the medal in the slalom race category.<\/p>\n

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Finally something unexpected happened. My first ever international medal.? Federation International Ski Race (FIS). At the end turkey served me well ??.
\nPC- @alwyncreed<\/a> #strangethingshappen<\/a> #skiteamindia<\/a> #onehimachal<\/a> #himalayangirls<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/pjkSddCpi5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Aanchal Thakur (@alleaanchal) January 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Months of training have finally borne fruit. I started well and managed to take a good lead, which helped later in managing a third-place finish.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Aanchal Kumar to Times Of India.<\/p>\n

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Well done @alleaanchal<\/a> for winning an international medal in skiing! The entire nation is ecstatic on your historic accomplishment at the FIS International Skiing Competition in Turkey. Wishing you the very best for your future endeavours.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who follows Aanchal on Twitter, took to the micro-blogging site to congratulate her.<\/p>\n

Roshan Thakur, the secretary general of the Winter Games Federation of India (WGFI), was a proud father after he got the news of his daughter\u2019s feat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a breakthrough for the sport in India,\u201d Roshan told TOI. \u201cAanchal called me on WhatsApp and showed me the medal. Initially, I thought it was a souvenir one gets at the end of every FIS event! But she told me that she won a bronze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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