The row over uniforms in Indias Winter Olympics contingent has intensified with luger Shiva Keshavan seeking chef-de-mission R K Guptas resignation. Lashing out at Gupta,Keshavan said,India really needs to send more capable people as chef-de-mission or at least give a course on how to behave abroad and how to organise. If even after attending three Olympics,Mr Gupta feels that he cannot handle his job,he should either get a subordinate or simply offer his resignation, said the luger. Keshavan and his father appeared in different attire in the opening ceremony. We did get some uniforms from R K Gupta but they were of horrible quality, Keshavan said. On top of that,everyone was not given the same uniform and some were given none. Thats the reason we were not wearing same clothes during the ceremony, he said. Meanwhile,Keshavan finished 29th in the luge event. As flags flew at half-staff in honor of the luge competitor from the Republic of Georgia who died training here last week,Felix Loch of Germany became the youngest man to capture the gold medal in the singles luge. The 20-year-old Loch finished his four runs in 3 minutes 13.085 seconds. David Möller,also of Germany,claimed silver in 3:13.764.
