New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- In a fresh twist to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) election president PT Usha, who lost the polls of Sportsperson of Outstanding Merit (SOM) earlier this week, was nominated by the Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI) as one of its representatives for the elective general meeting of the IOA.

Usha is part of the 70-member provisional electoral college published by returning officer Sanjay Kumar Srivastava on Thursday. Members of the electoral college can cast vote and run for elections to the IOA executive council to be held on December 5. The other IHAI representative is general secretary Harjinder Singh.

All 30 eligible National Sports Federations (NSF) have sent names of one male and one female representa...