{"id":59956,"date":"2025-02-17T11:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=59956"},"modified":"2025-02-17T11:14:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:14:03","slug":"second-leg-of-5th-khelo-india-winter-games-postponed-due-to-insufficient-snowfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/second-leg-of-5th-khelo-india-winter-games-postponed-due-to-insufficient-snowfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Leg of 5th Khelo India Winter Games Postponed Due to Insufficient Snowfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"443\">The second leg of the 5th Khelo India Winter Games, originally scheduled to begin this Saturday, has been postponed due to insufficient snowfall in the region. The event, which was set to take place in Gulmarg, will now be rescheduled, with new dates to be announced once the weather conditions improve and a fresh assessment is conducted.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"629\">A source from the Ministry of Sports confirmed the delay, stating, &#8220;The Jammu and Kashmir leg of the Khelo India Winter Games has been postponed due to the current weather conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"925\">The Games were slated to feature various snow sports, including alpine skiing, nordic skiing, ski mountaineering, and snowboarding in Gulmarg. The picturesque location is typically renowned for its heavy snowfall, but this year, the lack of sufficient snow has impacted the event&#8217;s preparation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"1086\">The first phase of the Khelo India Winter Games took place in Leh from January 23 to 27, where athletes participated in ice sports such as hockey and skating.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1088\" data-end=\"1354\">The postponement of the second leg has disappointed both organizers and participants, but the Ministry of Sports assured that they are closely monitoring the situation and will announce the new schedule once conditions are suitable for the snow events to take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second leg of the 5th Khelo India Winter Games, originally scheduled to begin this Saturday, has been postponed due to insufficient snowfall in the region.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59956","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59958,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59956\/revisions\/59958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}