{"id":19490,"date":"2014-01-19T05:17:14","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T05:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19490"},"modified":"2014-01-19T05:17:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T05:17:14","slug":"shiva-keshavan-qualifies-for-winter-games-in-sochi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19490","title":{"rendered":"Shiva Keshavan qualifies for Winter Games in Sochi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-19489\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Shiva-Keshavan-Luge-Athlete.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Shiva-Keshavan-Luge-Athlete\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Shiva-Keshavan-Luge-Athlete.jpg 210w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Shiva-Keshavan-Luge-Athlete-150x143.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>La Plagne, France: Luge Athlete Shiva Keshavan has officially qualified for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.<br \/>Keshavan received a letter from the International Luge Federation directly informing him of the allocation of the Olympic Berth.<br \/>The letter, dated 17th February 2014 also mentions the remaining mandatory participation in one World Cup and 20 official training runs post January 1, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Having already completed his World Cups, Shiva is now completing the final requirement of the 20 official training runs.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has been bearing the cost of the mandatory training and races leading up to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games for the athlete, given the suspension of the Indian Olympic Association.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am looking forward to taking part in Sochi. I would like to thank the Sports Ministry, the International Luge Federation and the IOC for all their support. This also would not have been possible without all my well wishers and sponsors.&#8221; Shiva is currently training on the Olympic track in Albertville, France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-19489\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Shiva-Keshavan-Luge-Athlete.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Shiva-Keshavan-Luge-Athlete\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Shiva-Keshavan-Luge-Athlete.jpg 210w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Shiva-Keshavan-Luge-Athlete-150x143.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>La Plagne, France: Luge Athlete Shiva Keshavan has officially qualified for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.<br \/>Keshavan received a letter from the International Luge Federation directly informing him of the allocation of the Olympic Berth.<br \/>The letter, dated 17th February 2014 also mentions the remaining mandatory participation in one World Cup and 20 official training runs post January 1, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Having already completed his World Cups, Shiva is now completing the final requirement of the 20 official training runs.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has been bearing the cost of the mandatory training and races leading up to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games for the athlete, given the suspension of the Indian Olympic Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shiva Keshavan qualifies for Winter Games in Sochi - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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