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Shiva Keshavan Crashes on Luge Practice Run, Recovers, Somehow Finishes

Think the hotel accommodations at Sochi are hard to believe? Consider the following video. During a training run today, Olympian Shiva Keshavan fell off his sled while going 70 miles per hour… only to somehow right himself and complete the ride.  The five-time Olympian crossed the line with a time of 1:01.64. Shiva Keshavan Crashes on Luge, Recovers The Indian athlete is competing under the Olympic flag because the Indian Olympic Association is barred from participating in the 2014 Winter Games. “If I cannot represent the country, at least I can represent the countrymen,” he recently told The Associated Press. And he certainly made them proud here.

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Shiva Keshavan Crashes on Luge Practice Run, Recovers, Somehow Finishes