India postpones winter games in Kashmir citing 'insufficient snowfall'

FILE PHOTO: Skiers ski after a traning session in a snow-covered field in Gulmarg, a ski resort and one of the main tourist attractions in the Kashmir region, January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali/File Photo

SRINAGAR (Reuters) - India postponed its national winter games on Monday citing a lack of snow in the northern Kashmir territory's ski resort of Gulmarg, where the event was to be held this month.

Around 300 athletes were expected to compete in four snow sports - ski mountaineering, alpine skiing, snowboard, and Nordic skiing - in the games, which had been due to be held from February 22 to 25.