A day before the beginning of the Winter Olympics, the Indian flag was raised at the Games Village at a formal team welcome ceremony in Pyeongchang on Thursday.
Luger Shiva Keshavan, Indian contingent’s chef-de-mission Harjinder Singh and the mayor of the Games Village were present during the brief ceremony.
Harjinder told a news agency that the Indian contingent was formally welcomed at the Games Village by the mayor of the Games Village. The tri-colour was raised during the welcome ceremony.
Harjinder said Keshavan, who is taking part in his sixth Winter Olympics, has started training for his event.
The four heats of luge men’s single’s events in which Keshavan will participate will take place on February 10 and 11.
