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PTV - Iranian skier Marjan Kalhor will be the first woman to represent Iran at next month’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

The Iranian skier managed to earn 112 points in slalom and 124 points in giant slalom.

Three other Iranians, Pouria Saveh-Shemshaki, Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki and Seyyed Sattar Seyd had already earned Winter Olympic berths.

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, will be held on February 12-28 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


It will be the third Winter Olympics hosted by Canada, and the first by the province of British Columbia.

More shemshakis, LOL.
There were shemshaki skiers when I was a kid and in every generation.
I often wonder whether these people change their last names to shemshaki after they become good :)

Best of luck to Iranian Team specially Marjan Kalhor representing Iranian women (I think the whole ME;) ) , hope they harvest as much Gold Medal as they can and stay safe doing so.

Behrooz jAn,
You know Shemshak is second popular ski slope in Iran next to Dizin. I guess these guys probably have grown up around their favorite mountains.

Behrooz jAn,
You know Shemshak is second popular ski slope in Iran next to Dizin. I guess these guys probably have grown up around their favorite mountains.

That is exactly right. Almost all of Iranian skiers come exclusively from Shemshak area.