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Between 1981 and 1986, won 555 competitive squash matches in a row. In terms of victories, this is the longest winning streak in sports history.

Khan, who is now 45, also won the and the . He is very probably squash's best ever player.

But he never won an Olympic medal. In fact, he never even played in a multi-sport event.

That's all changed now, though, and a Pakistani squash player as dominant as Khan could today dream of golds at the , and , and maybe, just maybe, the Olympics too.

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As far as I am concerned, anybody who is willing to stand on two long planks and throw himself or herself down an icy slope, wearing only a helmet and a cat suit for protection, deserves a medal - an Olympic one if they are especially good at it.

Sadly, that reward is only open to "himself" at the moment and the world's finest female ski jumpers will probably not be at the next year.

That is a shame as the current record-holder for the hill the men will be using at Whistler is called Lindsey, and she has just become her sport's .

It is also a shame because , an Olympic sport since 1924, is now the only sport on the winter schedule to exclude women.

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