India's seasoned Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan clinched a gold medal at the Asian Luge Championships after finishing the 2 heat race with a time of 1 minute, 39.962 seconds and top speed of 130.4 kilometres per hour at Nagano in Japan. Japan's Tanaka Shohei came in second for the Silver with a combined time of 1 minute, 44.874 seconds and top speed of 124.6 kilometres per hour. The bronze medal was claimed by Chinese Taipei's Lien Te-An, who clocked 1 minute, 45.120 seconds, with a 126.3 kmph top speed. Shiva is slated to take part in the 2017 World Championship in Innsbruck, Austria, and will compete in the World Cup circuit in the lead up to the qualification process for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Korea.