India at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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India at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of India.svg
Flag of India
IOC code IND
NOC Indian Olympic Association
Website olympic.ind.in
in Beijing, China
4–20 February 2022
Competitors1 (1 man and 0 women) in 1 sport
Flag bearer (opening) Arif Khan
Flag bearer (closing) Volunteer
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants (2014)

India competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. The country's participation in Beijing marked its eleventh appearance at the Winter Olympics since its debut in 1964. [lower-alpha 1]

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The India team consisted of one male alpine skier, Arif Khan, who was the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony. He did not win a medal, and as of these Games, India had not earned a Winter Olympic medal. A volunteer served as the flag-bearer during the closing ceremony.

Following China's decision to make one of its soldiers involved in the border clashes with India as a torchbearer for the Olympics, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs announced that no official from India will attend the opening or closing ceremony of the games.

Background

The Indian Olympic Association was recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1926. [3] However, by this time, they had already competed in three Summer Olympic Games, in 1900, 1920, and 1924. The nation made its first Winter Olympics appearance until the 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria. [4] This edition of the Games marked the nation's eleventh appearance at the Winter Olympics. [lower-alpha 1] [5] [6]

While many countries from the west announced a diplomatic boycott of the games as a protest against the human rights abuses in China, India announced that it will not join the boycott and supported China during the tripartite summit involving the two countries and Russia. [7] But following China's decision to make one of its soldiers involved in the July 2020 border skirmishes with India as a torchbearer during the torch relay held on 7 February 2022 as a prelude to the Olympic games, [8] the Indian Ministry of External Affairs announced a diplomatic boycott of the games and that no official from India will attend the opening or closing ceremony of the games. [9] [10] While India claimed that the games are being unnecessarily politicised, China dismissed its concerns. [11]

The Indian delegation consisted of chef de mission Harjinder Singh and a lone athlete, Arif Khan. [12] [13] [14] Arif Khan was the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony. [15] [16] A volunteer served as the flag-bearer during the closing ceremony. [17] [18]

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 101
Total101

Alpine skiing

Qualification

Arif Khan, the lone Indian participant in the games Arif-Mohammed-Khan headshot.jpg
Arif Khan, the lone Indian participant in the games

The basic qualification mark for the slalom and giant slalom events stipulated an average of less than 160 points in the list published by the International Ski Federation (FIS) as on 17 January 2022. The quotas were allocated further based on athletes satisfying other criteria with a maximum of 22 athletes (11 male and 11 female athletes) from a single participating NOC. [19] Indian alpine skier Arif Khan met the basic qualification standard with 127.20 points in the slalom and 137.26 points in the giant slalom categories. [20] Subject to the other criteria, Khan qualified to participate in both the events at the games. [21] [22]

AthleteEventSlalomGiant Slalom
PointsRankResultPointsRankResult
Arif Khan Alpine skiing 127.203170Q137.263659Q

Main event

The games marked Khan's first and only appearance at the Winter Olympic Games. [23] In the giant slalom event held on 13 February 2022 at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre, Khan completed his first run in 1:22.35 to rank second to last among the 54 competitors. Though he took slightly longer to complete the course during his second run at 1:24.49, he ranked 44th. With a combined time of 2:47.24, he finished 45th in the overall classification. [24] Khan's effort was the best ever in the event for India beating the previous best set by Jeremy Bujakowski in the 1968 Winter Olympics. [25]

In the slalom event held on 16 February 2022, Khan failed to finish his first run, thus earning a DNF. He started strongly, crossing the first intermediate check-point in 14.40s and the second in 34.41s before he veered off course and failed to go through one of the gates in the final sector, thus crashing out of the competition. [26] [27]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Arif Khan Men's giant slalom 1:22.35531:24.49442:47.2445
Men's slalom DNFDid not advance

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 An Indian athlete entered the 2014 Winter Olympics as Independent Olympic Participants as the Indian Olympic Association was suspended during the time. [1] The suspension was revoked when the games were underway and two other competitors competed under the Indian flag. [2]

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