Arif Khan finishes 45th in giant slalom

The Alpine skier had to compete in difficult conditions

India's lone participant in the Winter Olympics, alpine skier Arif Khan, finished 45th in the giant slalom event here on Sunday.

The 31-year-old from Jammu and Kashmir clocked a combined time of 2 minute, 47.24 seconds from two races in difficult weather conditions at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre.

Arif, making his Winter Olympics debut, ended at 53rd in Race 1 with a time of 1:22.35 out of the 54 competitors who could finish it. As many as 33 skiers could not finish Race 1 while two did not start.