India, Nov. 13 -- Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha kept hopes of her re-election bid alive as she was nominated by Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI) on Thursday as one of its two representatives to the General Body, just days after she lost the Sportspersons of Merit (SOMs) polls. Usha was nominated as the female representative of the ice hockey's national federation with secretary general Harjinder Singh being the male member. Each of the 30 National Sports Federations (NSFs) entitled to vote in the IOA elections has been asked by Electoral Officer Sanjay Kumar Srivastava to nominate one male and one female representative to the General Body before the Thursday 3pm deadline. There is a clause in the notification issued on Monday by the EO that the nominated member should be a member of the NSF concerned. It is not clear whether Usha -- a track and field legend -- would fulfil that requirement. "Each representative shall be a member of the concerned NSF Member, a citizen of India, less than 70 years of age."P15...