NEW DELHI: Indian boxing icon Mary Kom has been unanimously elected as chairperson of the Indian Olympic Association’s freshly constituted Athletes Commission, while table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal has been elected as vice-chairperson.
Previously on Monday, Olympic medalists Mary Kom and PV Sindhu and Commonwealth Games medalist Achanta Sharath Kamal were among ten eminent sportspersons “elected unopposed” to the new IOA Athletes Commission.
“The list constitutes eminent athletes including, Olympic Bronze medalist and Padma Vibhushan boxer Mary Kom, double Olympic medalist and Padma Bhushan awardee PV Sindhu, Olympic medalist and Padma Shri shooter Gagan Narang, Olympian and Commonwealth Games Gold medalist, Padma Shri TT player Achanta Sharath Kamal, Olympian and CWG Gold medalist Padma Shri rower Bajrang Lal, Khel Ratna awardee and Olympic silver medalist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, Khel Ratna awardee and Olympian Rani Rampal, Asian Cup Gold winner and Olympian Shiva Keshavan, Olympian and CWG Fencing championship gold medalist and Arjuna Awardee Bhavani Devi and Om Prakash Karhana made it to the Athletes’ Commission, uncontested,” an IOA press release stated.
The elected members were to elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from amongst themselves and select 8 sportspersons of outstanding merit (SOMs). The last date for submitting an application for SOMs was Tuesday, 4 pm.
The SOMs, along with the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Athletes’ Commission will constitute the electoral college for the IOA president’s election scheduled for December 10.
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