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| NOC = IND<br />
| NOCname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]<br />
| games = Winter Olympics<br />
| year = 2010<br />
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| oldcode = <br />
| website = {{url|www.olympic.ind.in }}<br />
| location = [[Vancouver]]<br />
| competitors = 3<br />
| sports = 3<br />
| flagbearer = [[Shiva Keshavan]]<br />
| rank = <br />
| gold = 0<br />
| silver = 0<br />
| bronze = 0<br />
| officials = <br />
| appearances = auto<br />
| app_begin_year = 1964<br />
| app_end_year = <br />
| summerappearances = <br />
| winterappearances = <br />
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[[File:2010 Opening Ceremony - India entering.jpg|thumb|right|The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.]]<br />
Three athletes represented India at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. They did not win any medals. Typically for the [[Summer Olympics]], [[India]]n Olympic athletes are supported indirectly (through jobs for athletes at the [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]]<ref name="nyt"/>), augmented by private support from various sources, including (this year) support and uniforms provided by [[Indo-Canadians]].<ref name="bbc2010">{{cite news| title=Indian Olympic team get donated uniforms in Vancouver | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8513201.stm | publisher=[[BBC News]] | date=12 February 2010 | access-date=2010-02-14}}</ref> At the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], two skiers, both [[Ladakh Scouts]] and graduates of the [[High Altitude Warfare School]], are supported indirectly by the [[Indian Army]],<ref name="inyah">{{cite web| title= Life takes an Olympic turn for Leh's Jamyang and Tashi | url= http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20100123/376/tsp-life-takes-an-olympic-turn-for-leh-s.html |date= 23 January 2010 | publisher=[[Yahoo! News]] India | work=[[Hindustan Times]] | access-date=2010-02-14}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> while the third athlete has cobbled together late-arriving [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|Ministry of Sports]] support, augmented by contributions from two corporations, [[Swissair]] and [[Limca]].<ref name="nyt"/><br />
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==Alpine skiing==<br />
{{main|Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}<br />
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|-<br />
!rowspan="2"|Athlete<br />
!rowspan="2"|Event<br />
!colspan="5"|Final<br />
|-<br />
!Run 1<br />
!Run 2<br />
!Total<br />
!Rank<br />
|-<br />
|align="left"|[[Jamyang Namgial]]<br />
|align="left"|[[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|Men's giant slalom]]<br />
|1:46.77<br />
|1:48.15<br />
|3:34.92<br />
|81<br />
|}<br />
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==Cross-country skiing==<br />
{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}<br />
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|-<br />
!rowspan="2"|Athlete<br />
!rowspan="2"|Event<br />
!colspan="3"|Final<br />
|-<br />
!Time<br />
!Deficit<br />
!Rank<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tashi Lundup]]<br />
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle|15 kilometre freestyle]]<br />
|align="center"| 41:36.8<br />
|align="center"| 8:00.5<br />
|align="center"| 83<br />
|}<br />
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==Luge==<br />
{{main|Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}<br />
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[[Shiva Keshavan]] received 450,000 rupees from five Indian lawyers to purchase a new [[luge]] for competition after his previous luge - held together by duct tape and screws - broke during training in November.<ref name="bbc2010"/> This was in addition to the funding equivalent to $US20,000 he received from the [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|Ministry of Sports]] in 2009, money he got after being awarded a bronze medal at the Asian Championships.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news| title=In India, Many Top Work on the Railroad | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/sports/olympics/10olympics.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=9 February 2010 | access-date=2010-02-14 | first=Elliot | last=Hannon}}</ref> Although Keshavan had represented his country thrice before, in the [[India at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Winter Olympics]] in Nagano, Salt Lake City in 2002 and again in Torino in [[India at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]], 2009 was the first time he received any [[Government of India|government support]].<ref name="cbc2010">{{cite web| title=3-man Indian Olympic team gets donated uniforms | url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/3-man-indian-olympic-team-gets-donated-uniforms-1.916327 | publisher=[[CBC News]] | date=11 February 2010 | access-date=2010-02-14}}</ref><br />
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!rowspan="2"|Athlete<br />
!rowspan="2"|Event<br />
!colspan="7"|Final<br />
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!Run 1<br />
!Run 2<br />
!Run 3<br />
!Run 4<br />
!Total<br />
!Behind<br />
!Rank<br />
|-<br />
|align="left"|[[Shiva Keshavan]]<br />
|align="left"|[[Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]<br />
|49.561<br />
|49.529<br />
|49.597<br />
|49.786<br />
|3:18.473<br />
| +5.388<br />
|29<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}<br />
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[[Category:Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:India at the Winter Olympics by year|2010]]<br />
[[Category:2010 in Indian sport]]</div>>Citation bot