Star Indian luger Shiv Keshavan want to be a member of the International Olympic Committee’s athletes fee if elections are held in the course of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The 40-year-old six-time winter Olympian has been authorized as one among 17 candidates to fill two vacant positions on the IOC’s Athletes’ Commission following a gathering of the world physique’s government board in Athens on Saturday.
“17 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), six sports and ten female and seven male athletes from five continents will compete for the commission’s two vacant seats,” the IOC stated in a press release together with the record of 17 candidates.
“They have been nominated by their respective NOCs, together with their NOC athlete commissions.”
Indian Olympic Association Secretary General Rajeev Mehta confirmed that it has named Keshavan because the torch bearer of the Winter Olympics for the nation.
“Yes, the IOA nominated his title for the IOC Athletes Commission. He is the fittest athlete so far as Winter Olympics is worried.
Keshavan has been taking part within the Winter Olympics in luge males’s singles because the 1998 Nagano Games in Japan. He was additionally the Asian Champion in 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017 and holds the Asian file in Luge.
At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Keshavan and cross nation skier Jagdish Singh represented India.
Serving as a hyperlink between the athletes and the IOC, the fee consists of a most of 23 members (12 members straight elected by their friends and a most of 11 appointed), who serve a time period of eight years.
An election is held at every version of the Olympic Games, with 4 members being elected at every Summer Games, and two at every Winter Games.
Athletes competing within the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be capable to vote for his or her representatives within the Olympic Villages from January 27 (the day the villages open) to February 16.
The chosen athlete will change present IOC AC member Helle Wickenheiser (Canada), who’s serving his time period on the finish of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and fill a emptiness attributable to the resignation of Ole Einar Bjrndalen (Norway) in 2016.
Last month, Keshavan drew the federal government’s consideration to the plight of the nation’s 2022 Winter Olympics candidates, saying they’d resorted to crowdfunding as a result of lack of monetary help.
The Winter Olympics will likely be held in Beijing from February 4-20 subsequent yr.
“There are 150 days left for the Winter Olympics. A reminder to the government that currently there is not a single winter sports federation in India recognized and eligible for funding,” Keshavan had tweeted.
“Athletes are crowdfunding online!” He had stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
