India at the 2006 Winter Olympics
India at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
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Flag bearers Neha Ahuja (opening and closing) | | |
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Independent Olympic Participants (2014) |
India sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 10–26 February 2006. This was the nation's seventh appearance in a Winter Olympic Games. The Indian delegation consisted of four athletes, two in alpine skiing, one in cross-country skiing, and one in luge. Their best performance in any event was 25th by luger Shiva Keshavan in the men's singles.
Background
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Alpine skiing
Neha Ahuja was 24 years old at the time of these Olympics, and was making her Olympic debut.[7] On 22 February, she competed in the women's slalom, finishing her first run in 55.45 seconds,[8] and her second in 1 minute and 0.71 seconds.[9] Her combined time was 1 minute and 56.16 seconds, placing her last among the 51 competitors who finished both legs of the race; the gold medal was won by Sweden's Anja Pärson in 1 minute and 29.04 seconds; the silver was taken by Austrian Nicole Hosp and the bronze by her fellow Austrian Marlies Schild.[10] On 24 February, Ahuja took part in the women's giant slalom, finishing her first run in 1 minute and 15.59 seconds[11] and her second in 1 minutes and 25.72 seconds.[12] Her total time was 2 minutes and 41.31 seconds, putting her in 42nd place out of 43 classified finishers.[13] The gold medal was won by Julia Mancuso of the United States in 2 minutes and 9.19 seconds; the silver by Tanja Poutiainen of Finland, and the bronze was won by Swede Anna Ottosson.[13]
Hira Lal was 25 years old at the time of the Turin Olympics, and was also making his Olympic debut.[14] He competed in the men's giant slalom on 20 February, but did not finish the first run.[15] The gold medal in this race was won by Benjamin Raich of Austria, the silver was taken by Joël Chenal of France, and the bronze was won by a second Austrian, Hermann Maier.[16]
Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | |||
Neha Ahuja | Women's giant slalom | 1:15.59 | 1:25.72 | 2:41.31 | 42 | |
Women's slalom | 55.45 | 1:00.71 | 1:56.16 | 51 | ||
Hira Lal | Men's giant slalom | did not finish |
Cross-country skiing
Bahadur Gupta was 29 years old at the time of the Turin Olympics, and making his only Olympic appearance.[17] In the qualifying round of the men's sprint on 22 February, he finished the race with a time of 2 minutes and 43.30 seconds, and he was 78th out of 80 competitors to finish. Only the top 30 qualified for the next round, and Gupta was eliminated, the slowest qualifying time was 2 minutes and 20.46 seconds.[18] The gold medal was eventually won by Björn Lind of Sweden, the silver by Roddy Darragon of France, and the silver by Thobias Fredriksson, also of Sweden.[19]
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Bahadur Gupta | Men's sprint | 2:43.30 | 78 | Did not advance | 78 |
Luge
Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
Shiva Keshavan | Men's singles | 53.729 | 52.972 | 52.696 | 52.540 | 3:31.937 | 25 |
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