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Former luger Shiva Keshavan gives athletes more dope on anti-doping
Updated On: 24 September, 2023 07:30 AM IST | Hangzhou | Ashwin Ferro
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
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India’s Winter Olympics star Shiva Keshavan outside the Athletes Village in Hangzhou on Saturday. Pic/Ashwin Ferro
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.
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