NEW DELHI: Adille Sumariwalla’s election unopposed as the Athletics Federation of India president for a third term was ratified on Day 1 of the federation’s AGM here on Saturday, as were all the other posts in the executive council.
But the focus of the meeting remained firmly on preparations for the Tokyo Olympics next year and curbing doping and age-fraud at all levels, reports The Hindu.
With no contests for any of the posts, all nominations were confirmed unanimously, including that of Ravinder Chaudhary as secretary of the Athletics Federation of India and Anju Bobby George as the senior vice-president.
Besides Anju, the 2003 long jump bronze medallist at the World Championships — India’s lone medallist till date in the competition — the other women elected to the Executive Council include former long-distance runner Suman Rawat Mehta (vice-president), former middle-distance runner C. Latha (joint secretary) and A. Hyma (member), as per the amended AFI constitution. The outgoing EC had no elected woman member.
