Indian players are gearing up for the upcoming Asian Games to be played in Hangzhou in September next year and Paris Olympics 2024 is also not too far away.
Gagan Narang, 2012 London Olympic bronze medallist, and Rowing Federation of India president Rajlaxmi Singh Deo have been elected unopposed as vice presidents.
One of India's most successful athletes and a flag-bearer of Indian sports globally, PT Usha was elected as president of IOA on Saturday along with a new executive council.
PT Usha's election brings an end to a long-drawn crisis in the faction-ridden IOA which was warned of a possible suspension by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) if elections were not held this month.
Legendary athlete PT Usha has been elected as the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The star sprinter Usha is one of the greatest athletes to have ever come out of India and brags four gold medals and seven silvers at the Asian Games. She missed out on a podium finish in the women's 400m hurdles at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics by 1/100th of a second. Her timing of 55.42s in LA still holds as a national record
One of the lawyers today mentioned the matter and sought an urgent hearing of his plea on the ground that three minor amendments to the constitution of IOA should have to be decided prior to the polls.
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