I listen to radio while preparing dinner. There was a mini quiz asking to guess which country has made it to Olympics, which is not really known for Winter sport. I was guessing some country from Africa. It turned out to be India. Shiva Keshavan was so funny, he made my day. He is a luge pilot, I had to look up what it was.
There is still no luge track in India, where Keshavan was born 28 years ago 2,500 metres up in the Himalayas.
“We use the natural facilities, the natural track,” Keshavan explained. “With a few friends we get together. You beat a ski course and you beat a luge course.”
Even after having competed in a few Olympics before, he says he simply puts together his own equipment. He is compared to the Jamaican bobsleigh team that competed in 1988 and went on to become the crowd favorite.
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