Adding another international medal to hi kitty India’s first winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan bagged gold at the Luge Asian Championships in Nagano, Japan, on Friday (Dec 23). Keshavan has represented India at five winter Olympics and holds the record for being the youngest ever Luge participant at the winter Games.

Shiva Keshavan dominated the event and finished the race with a time of 1 minute, 39.962 seconds and top speed of 130.4 km/h to clinch the title.

The silver medal went to  Japan’s Tanaka Shohei with a combined time of 1:44.874 seconds and top speed of 124.6 kmph while the bronze medal was claimed by Chinese Taipei’s Lien Te-An, who clocked 1:45.120 with a 126.3 kmph top speed.

Keshavan expressed his joy through his official Facebook page, saying, “Thrilled to announce that I’ve just own GOLD at the Luge Asian Championships 2016! Details Soon! 🙂 ”

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