India’s Seasoned Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan clinched a gold medal at the Asian Luge Championship on 23rd December. Keshavan finished the 2 heat race with a time of 1 minute, 39.962 seconds and top speed of 130.4 km/h. Japan’s Tanaka Shohei won silver while Chinese Taipei’s Lien Te-An claimed bronze. Earlier this year, Shiva was forced to withdraw from the 2016 World Championships due to lack of funds.
Source – The Hindu