India at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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India
competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics
in Nagano, Japan
. The nation returned to the Winter Games after missing the 1994 Winter Olympics
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India's only competing athlete was Men's Singles Luge
competitor 16-year-old Shiva Keshavan
.
Men
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
in Nagano, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The nation returned to the Winter Games after missing the 1994 Winter Olympics
1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...
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India's only competing athlete was Men's Singles Luge
Luge
A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...
competitor 16-year-old Shiva Keshavan
Shiva Keshavan
Shiva Keshavan is the first Indian representative to compete in luge at the Winter Olympic Games.-Background and education:...
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Luge
Men
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Shiva Keshavan Shiva Keshavan Shiva Keshavan is the first Indian representative to compete in luge at the Winter Olympic Games.-Background and education:... |
52.315 | 29 | 52.127 | 29 | 52.043 | 28 | 51.900 | 27 | 3:28.385 | 28 |
External links
- Teen-Age Luger Carries All of India, 3 February 1998, The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...