Ushering in a brand new period within the nation’s sports activities administration, veteran PT Usha was on Saturday elected the primary lady president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
Usha, 58, a a number of Asian Games gold medalist and fourth-place finisher within the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 400m hurdles last, was declared elected unopposed to high the polls. The elections had been held below the supervision of Supreme Court-appointed retired SC choose L Nageswara Rao. Usha’s election to the highest put up ended a long-standing disaster within the faction-ridden IOA, which was warned of a attainable suspension by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this month if the elections weren’t held.
Heartfelt due to my workforce for his or her unconditional belief and assist 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/djr1rR9rG9
– PT Usha (@PTUshaOfficial) November 27, 2022
The elections had been initially scheduled to be held in December 2021. Usha’s consecration to the highest put up was undone
concluded late final month after rising as the only candidate for the highest put up.
No one was prepared to contest towards Usha, who was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in July. Usha, often known as the ‘Payyoli Express’, is being seen because the candidate of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which nominated her as a Rajya Sabha member in July.
She additionally turned the primary Olympian and the primary worldwide medalist to move the IOA in its 95-year historical past, a feat she achieved after retiring in 2000 with a bag of worldwide medals after dominating Indian and Asian athletics for 20 years. Of.
Usha is the primary participant to signify the nation and in addition turned the IOA chief since Maharaja Yadwinder Singh in 1934 to play a Test match. Singh was the third IOA president, holding the place from 1938 to 1960.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
