PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu among 10 sportspersons elected unopposed to IOA panel

Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Mirabai Chanu were among 10 sportspersons declared elected unopposed as members of the Athletes' Commission of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) here on Tuesday.

With former track and field athlete Sudha Singh pulling out of the race late Monday night, there was no need to conduct the polls as just 10 candidates were left in the fray for the same number of seats.

Returning Officer Sanjay K Srivastava on Tuesday declared all the 10 candidates -- five male and five female -- to have been elected unopposed.

Earlier on Monday, ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth withdrew his candidature.

The chairperson and vice chairperson -- one male and one female in either of the two -- of the Athletes' Commission shall be made members of the IOA Executive Council.

Two members -- one male and one female -- of the Athletes' Commission will become members of the IOA General Body with voting rights. They will take part in the IOA Executive Council elections on December 5 as Athletes' Commission representatives.

The elections for the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Athletes' Commission, as well as the two representatives for the IOA General Body will be held later.

IOA Athletes' Commission members: PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu, Harmanpreet Singh, Salima Tete, Swapnil Kusale, Bhavani Devi, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Bombayla Devi, Sajan Prakash and Manjeet Singh.- Ends