Rosa Khutor: Veteran luger Shiva Keshavan hopes that a rebooted Indian Olympic Association can usher in a new dawn for the country's struggling winter sports profile after its suspension from the International Olympic Committee.


India's Himanshu Thakur (centre), Shiva Keshavan (second from right) and Nadeem Iqbal (right) pose with the Indian flag in Sochi yesterday. Pic/AFP 

Keshavan, taking part in his fifth Games, was on hand yesterday to see the Indian flag belatedly raised in the mountains at the Sochi Olympics' Rosa Khutor venue after the team had been forced to originally compete as independents.