The competitive events in the National Junior Skiing Championship concluded at Auli on Monday with the team from Himachal Pradesh bagging the maximum number of gold medals while the host Uttarakhand managed to win only a bronze medal.
In spite of clear weather here on Monday, there were very few people attending the concluding day of the national competition which will end formally with the presentation of medals on Tuesday.
Farooq Usma from Jammu and Kashmir won the gold in the slalom on Monday followed by Navag Galson from Punjab winning the silver and Mahendra Bhujwan from Uttarakhand winning the bronze.
The locals and winter sports enthusiasts of Uttarakhand bemoan the fact that in spite of lakhs of rupees being given to the Winter Games Federation of Uttarakhand by the State Government for training youngsters in skiing, the host State could not manage to win a single gold medal. The thin crowd of audience during this competition also proved disappointing for the competitors.