- 14 month long suspension of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was revoked by International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently.
- After that Indian flag was unfurled on 16 February 2014 at the Winter Olympics Village at Sochi, Russia at a special ceremony at International Plaza of the Mountain Village.
- Event was attended by three Indian athletes Luger Shiva Keshavan, alpine skier Himanshu Thakur and cross country skier Nadeem Iqbal.
- Coaches, Officials of IOA and President of Indian Olympic Association, N Ramachandran was also present at this moment.
Important to note :
- Tricolour of India was not unflured at the opening ceremony of Winter Olympics at Sochi Games village as India was facing the suspension from the games.
- Indian players had taken part under the flag of IOC.
- Sochi Olympic games started on 7 February 2014
- The suspension on Indian Olympic Association was revoked on 11 February 2014.
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