Profile: Xinjiang skier nurturing next generation of sporting excellence

URUMQI, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- For 49-year-old Muhiyati Daniyar, a ski coach with decades of experience, seeing his students slide from the top of the mountain smoothly is always an exhilarating sight to behold.

Born and raised in Altay City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Muhiyati Daniyar got hooked into skiing when he was a kid. The city is known as one of the earliest places of human skiin