The 21-year-old dreams of following her older brother Himanshu to compete in the Winter Olympics, a feat so improbable only one Indian woman has ever done it. Himanshu, 24, India’s top male skier, made his Olympic debut at the 2014 Sochi Games and races on Saturday in Iran as he bids to compete in Pyeongchang. “This medal will be a turning point for ski and winter sports in India. Funding trips to Europe for training has been difficult with the family forced to seek help from the International Ski Federation. Aanchal sometimes trains in the Solang Valley in the Himalayas but long struggled to gain enough daily runs to be competitive in international skiing.

Source: The Express Tribune January 19, 2018 09:01 UTC