Olympic Winter Games 2014 / Participant (India)

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India took part in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi with three athletes . Until February 10th, participation only existed as an independent Olympic participant , as the National Olympic Committee of India had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee since December 2012 due to non-compliance with IOC guidelines in its upcoming election as an official and had not held it until the beginning of the 2014 Winter Games .

sports

Sledding

athlete	competition	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Shiva Keshavan	Single seater	53.905 s	35	55.203 s	38	54.706 s	37	53.335 s	34	3: 37.149 min	37

Alpine skiing

Men Himanshu Thakur Giant slalom: 72nd place

Cross-country skiing

Men Nadeem Iqbal 15 km classic: 85th place

Web links

• Olympic team of India 2014 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Team profile on sochi2014.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Three Indians to take part in Sochi Winter Games. In: The Times of India Online. January 9, 2014, accessed February 21, 2014 . 
2. ↑ India part of the Olympic family again. In: Süddeutsche.de. February 11, 2014, accessed February 11, 2014 . 
3. ^ IOC suspends India from Olympics after row over upcoming elections. In: BBC.com. December 4, 2012, accessed February 9, 2014 . 
4. ^ Sochi Games: Four Indian skiers to go as independent athletes. In: ZeeNews.india.com . December 31, 2013, accessed February 6, 2014.
5. ↑ Andreas Rüttenauer: Yoga lessons for sledding help. In: taz.de. February 6, 2014, accessed February 21, 2014 . 
6. ^ Sochi Games: Luger Shiva Keshavan placed 37th out 39 after penultimate round. (No longer available online.) In: Sports.NDTV.com. February 9, 2014, archived from the original on March 5, 2014 ; accessed on February 21, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
7. ↑ Rosa Khutor: Indian interest over: Himanshu Thakur finishes 72nd. In: IndianExpress.com. February 20, 2014, accessed February 21, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Sochi Olympics: Nadeem Iqbal finishes 85th. In: The Times of India Online. February 14, 2014, accessed February 21, 2014 .