Profile: Former Xinjiang shepherd races toward Olympic skiing dream

by Xinhua writers Lu Yifan, Du Gang

URUMQI, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier, Torsongan Bullik has many identities and his new goal is to become a Winter Olympic athlete.

Having spent his childhood as a shepherd in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 26-year-old was on the over-20-member Chinese national cross-country skiing training team.

For over the