The Alpine Skiing contingent led by Megha ensured that the final day of competition in the Special Olympics World Winter games ended well for India, as the 14-year old from Himachal won her third gold medal of the games, this time in the Novice Slalom run.

Megha was always the favourite to win the event after racking up easy wins in the Giant Slalom and the Super Giant Slalom a few days ago. The youngster set a breathtaking pace, completing the course in 49.12 seconds in her first run, and though she slacked off in her second run, taking over a minute to complete it, Megha just about managed to finish a second ahead of Lea Kranjc who put in a combined time of 1 minute and 50 seconds to win her third straight

On a sad day for Indian sport, especially keeping in mind the spirit of the Special Olympics, two medals were stripped from Indian athletes under the Honest Effort ruling, which has lead to the disqualification of their scores from Thursday's competition.

Parth Malhotra and Pinky Sunil who won Gold and Bronze respectively in the Snowshoeing 50 meters dash in their respective gender categories were disqualified after their times improved by more than the permitted 15% from their preliminary divisioning time for that leg of the competition.

In the divisioning process, all the athletes for a particular sport compete against the clock to determin

Parth Malhotra led the way in a great day for India's Special Olympics movement, running an outstanding final round of the Snowshoeing 50m dash to capture Gold in the Special Olympics World Winter Games taking place at Idaho, USA.

In one of the largest Special Olympic programs in the world, India has over 230,000 registered Special Athletes in 26 programs across the country. 45 of these athletes are representing the nation across four different event categories at the World Winter Games.