NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Thursday appointed one of its vice presidents and Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) president Birendra Baishya as the Chef de Mission for India’s Tokyo 2020 campaign.
"It is for the first time that the sport of weightlifting has been accorded with honour of Chef de Mission for the Olympic Games," IWF secretary Sahdev Yadav said in a statement.