OGQ signs Luge talent Shiva Keshavan

OGQ signs Luge talent Shiva Keshavan
By SportzPower Team
Published: 17 Apr 2012 - 16:03
NEW DELHI: Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ) has added Winter Olympics to its interest area by signing Shiva Keshavan, India's sole Luge exponent.
Shiva, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, is a veteran in Luge and has participated in 4 Olympic Games so far. He is India's only known and
accomplished face at the Winter Olympic Games, and has been so for 14 years now, when he first qualified for the Nagano Olympic Games in 1998 at
the age of 16.
Shiva still holds the world record for being the youngest ever Luge athlete at the Olympic Games.
Viren Rasquinha, CEO, Olympic Gold Quest, said, “He has been a torch bearer for winter Olympic sports in India for over a decade. And he is still just
30 years old. He undoubtedly has the potential to win a medal for India at the Winter Olympics in 2014. 1/2
“But for that to happen, it's high time that he gets very focused support for his coaching, equipment which is crucial in Luge, medical support and
international exposure for competition and training. If we bring it all together, a medal is definitely possible."
Shiva was delighted to get support from OGQ and said, "The support from OGQ means so much to me. Luge is a very demanding sport physically for
which world class medical support is needed. Besides, there is a lot of technical support in terms of RND equipment, aerodynamics as well that OGQ
can help fund.
“This will give a big boost to my preparations for the Winter Olympics in 2014 in Sochi. An Olympic medal is my dream. That can really change the
face of Winter sports in India.”
Keshavan has created history for India numerous times now. He won the first ever Gold medal for India in any international winter sport event, at the
Asia Cup in Nagano, Japan in December 2011 and won the Olympic quota for the 2014 Sochi Games. He did this while setting the new Asian speed
record at 134.3 kmph. Prior to this, he won the Asian Silver medal (Singles) in 2009, and Bronze (Singles) and Silver (Doubles) in 2008.
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