New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Monday withdrew his candidature from the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) Athletes' Commission polls, leaving 10 contestants in the fray for the election of nine members.
Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Mirabai Chanu are among the strong candidates for membership of the Athletes' Commission in the elections, which will be held virtually on Tuesday.
Under the IOA's election rules, the 10-member Athletes' Commission should have at least four athletes -- two male and two female -- who have won at least one medal in any of the last three editions of the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championships/Cups or National Games.
The remaining six members -- three male and three female -- should have participated in at least one of the last three editions of the Olympic Games.
Returning Officer Sanjay K Srivastava said in a statement that Manjeet Singh, from kayaking and canoeing, was the sole candidate to have filed his candidature under the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championships/Cups or National Games medallist category. He was thus elected unopposed as a member of the Athletes' Commission.
"The election shall be held for the remaining nine seats: (a) 4 male - 3 under Olympian category and one under medallist (Asian Games/Commonwealth Games etc) category; (b) 5 female - 3 under Olympian category and 2 under medallist (Asian Games/Commonwealth Games etc)," the statement said.
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