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Himanshu Thakur

India's Shiva K.P. Keshavan speeds down the track during a training run for the men's singles luge in preparation for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia. Keshavan will be at Sochi, along with two other athletes from India, bu

India’s Olympic athletes will be at Sochi, but not their country

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India’s Olympic athletes won’t be able to fly their country’s flag in the opening ceremony. And if they win, the Indian anthem won’t play. In fact, the three athletes just learned this week that they would even be allowed to compete.

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