This allowed the other two athletes, Himanshu Thakur and Nadeem Iqbal, who still had their respective events to compete under the Indian flag.

[15] Elections for the Indian Olympic Association were scheduled two days after the opening ceremony, which was the major condition for the suspension to be lifted.

[18] The other two athletes Himanshu Thakur and Nadeem Iqbal, who still had pending events were able to compete under the Indian flag.

[22] As per the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014,[23] In December 2013, Indian alpine skiers Himanshu Thakur and Hira Lal achieved the basic qualification mark for the giant slalom event.

[27] The 20-year old Thakur hailed from Manali in the Indian state Himachal Pradesh and is a younger cousin of Lal.

[29] But after the reinstatement of the Indian Olympic Committee on 11 February 2014, he received the necessary funding and equipment from the Government of India two days later, less than a week before the main event.

[30] The giant slalom event was held on 19 February 2014 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort and marked Thakur's first and only appearance at the Winter Olympic Games.

NOCs which did not have any athlete meeting the "A" standard were allowed to enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in the sprint event or the distance event provided that they satisfied the "B" standard of having a maximum of 300 distance points at the end of qualifying on 20 January 2014.

[19] The main event was held on 14 February 2014 at the Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex and marked Iqbal's first and only participation in the Winter Olympic Games.

[47] Keshavan had represented India since 1997 and was the youngest ever men's luge competitor at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, where he finished 28th.

[28] In the main event, Keshavan competed as an Independent Olympic Participant due to the suspension of the Indian NOC.

[49] Keshavan clocked a total time of 3:37.149 and was classified in the 37th position out of the 39 athletes, marking his worst ever performance at the Winter Olympic Games.