PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu among 10 sportspersons elected unopposed to IOA panel

Olympic medalists PV Sindhu and Mirabai Chanu were among the 10 sportspersons who were on Tuesday announced as members of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Athletes Commission, who were elected unopposed.

With former athlete Sudha Singh withdrawing from the race late on Monday evening, there was no need to conduct polls as only 10 candidates remained for the same number of seats.

Returning Officer Sanjay K Srivastava said on Tuesday that all 10 candidates — five men and five women — were elected unopposed.

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Earlier on Monday, ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth withdrew his candidature.

The Chairman and Vice-Chairman – one man and one woman in each – of the Athletes’ Commission shall become members of the IOA Executive Board.

Two members – one male and one female – of the Athletes’ Commission shall become voting members of the IOA General Body. They will participate in the IOA Executive Council elections on December 5 as representatives of the Athletes’ Commission.

Elections of the chairman and vice-chairman of the athletes’ commission, as well as two representatives to the general body of the IOA, will take place later.

IOA Athletes Commission Members: PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu, Harmanpreet Singh, Salima Tete, Swapnil Kusale, Bhavani Devi, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Bombayla Devi, Sajan Prakash and Manjeet Singh.

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