India’s poster boy of the Winter Olympics, luger Shiva Keshavan, 40, has happily switched to the other side. The six-time Olympian, who quit the sport after the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, is on a mission to help athletes understand the nuances of everything associated with the dreaded ‘D’ word in competitive sport—doping.

Having joined the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) last month through its Athlete Outreach Programme, Keshavan is at the Hangzhou Asian Games here to meet and educate athletes about doping-related issues. “I had nominated myself as an athlete representative and received a call from WADA, asking me if I could be a part of this [anti-doping education system]. I accepted and here I am, meeting and interacting with athletes, answering their queries and advising them on the issue of doping in sport,” Keshavan told reporters outside the Athletes Village here.