Indian flag raised at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Village
A day before the beginning of the Winter Olympics, the Indian flag was raised at the Games Village at a formal team welcome ceremony here.
Luger Shiva Keshavan, Indian contingent's chef-demission Harjinder Singh and the mayor of the Games Village were present during the brief ceremony.
"The Indian contingent was formally welcomed at the Games Village today by the mayor of the Games Village. The tri- colour was raised during the welcome ceremony. We are proud to represent the country," Harjinder said.
"We have been looked after well by the organisers and we have no problems as such here except that it is very cold, below minus 20 degree celsius," he added.
Cross country skier Jagdish Singh is, however, yet to arrive at this resort town of South Korea and is expected to join the team tomorrow.
Jagdish was to arrive here on February 4 along with Krshavan but his departure from India was delayed due to confusion over who will accompany him as coach.
Harjinder said that Keshavan, who is taking part in his sixth Winter Olympics, has started training for his event.
Jagdish will compete in the 15-km Nordic skiing freestyle event on February 16.
Competition begins
Meanwhile, South Korea's Jang Hye-Ji launched 18 days of competition at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics today by sliding the first mixed doubles curling stone in Olympic history down the ice.
While the official opening ceremonies are not until tomorrow night, the first mixed doubles curling event in the Olympic Games began a day early to open 18 days of competition that will conclude with the February 25 closing ceremonies.