MC Mary Kom and Achanta Sharath Kamal have been ‘unanimously elected’ chairperson and vice-chairperson of the newly-constituted Athletes’ Fee of the Indian Olympic Affiliation. “The fee additionally nominated Gagan Narang and PV Sindhu because the fee’s nominees for inclusion within the electoral faculty for the election to the chief council of the Indian Olympic Affiliation to be held on December 10, 2022,” in accordance with an announcement from Returning Officer Umesh Sinha’s workplace.
The representatives of the Athletes Fee can have one vote every on the IOA Annual Common Assembly.
The ten-member Fee had its first assembly right here. Narang, Mary Kom, Sharath Kamal, Shiva Keshavan, Bajrang Lal, Om Prakash Karhana, Rani Rampal have been bodily current whereas Mirabai Chanu, Sindhu and Bhavani Devi joined them just about. Abhinav Bindra, India’s consultant to the Worldwide Olympic Committee Athletes Fee, and Sardar Singh, member of the Olympic Council of Asia Athletes Fee, additionally attended the assembly just about. The 2 are ex-officio members of the fee.
A member stated the choice was taken by consensus. “Everybody’s views have been taken. So, we mentioned and picked them by consensus,” stated the member.
The following process of the Fee might be to pick eight Sportspersons of Excellent Advantage (SOM), who’ve retired from lively sports activities for a minimum of one yr previous to the date of utility and will have a minimum of a medal within the Olympics, Commonwealth Video games, or Asian Video games. The SOMs can have one vote every within the election to IOA Govt Council. The final date for submitting an utility for SOM was on Tuesday.
“It’s a huge accountability that I’ve been entrusted with and I’m actually honoured,” stated six-time world champion and London Olympics medallist Mary Kom.
“It was a really constructive assembly and now we have to work collectively. No matter we will do to serve the athletes of the nation, we might be completely happy to do it. The Athletes Fee is a physique with so many high Olympians and medallists and the nice factor is that they arrive from totally different disciplines and convey immense expertise collectively,” stated Kom.
“Additionally, it’s actually good to have girls’s illustration within the physique. Girls athletes are performing so properly and I’m positive it’s a good begin in the direction of gender equality in Indian sports activities. All of us are actually wanting ahead to working collectively for the betterment of Indian sport,” stated Kom.