PV Sindhu, Harmanpreet Singh chair and vice-chairman respectively of the IOA Athletes’ Commission

PV Sindhu and Harmanpreet Singh NEW DELHI: Olympic medalists PV Sindhu and Harmanpreet Singh will head the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) athletes’ commission, according to a notification issued by the election official on Friday.Sindhu will become the chairperson of the athletes’ commission, while Harmanpreet has been declared a dissenter for the post of vice-chairman. Mirabai Chanu and Sajan Prakash will represent the commission at the IOA General Assembly, with each seat reserved for women and men.The final announcement follows the review of four nominations received by 5:00 p.m. on November 5. It states that Sindhu was the only candidate who filed nomination for the post of Speaker while Harmanpreet was the only candidate for the post of Vice Speaker.Similarly, female candidate Chanu and male candidate Prakash were the only candidates for the positions of these two representatives in the IOA General Assembly.According to Rule 7 of the Sports Commission Rules 2026, the final list of competing candidates published in Form 6 was deemed to be unobjectionable. The Electoral Officer therefore declared that the elections scheduled for November 7 will be meaningless as there is only one candidate for each post.The notification also states that the declaration of results under Form 9 will be published on November 7 in line with the earlier election notification of November 3.The four appointments will provide the Athletes’ Commission with representatives at two levels of the IOA structure.