Seasoned Indian luger Shiva Keshavan today won a silver medal at the Asian Championship which concluded in Nagano, Japan Of the three Olympic sliding sports, Luge is the fastest and most dangerous sports on ice. The race consisted of two heats closely contested by athletes. In the first heat Shiva was a mere 2/10th of a second behind, in the second heat, minor technical snags cost him the gold medal. The first place was claimed by Japan's Hidenari Kanayama, and third by Korea's Dong Hyeon Kim.Shiva had won two gold, a silver and two bronze medals in the previous editions of the event.