{"id":10252,"date":"2022-11-28T12:31:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T07:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viewsonnewsonline.com\/?p=10252"},"modified":"2022-11-28T12:31:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T07:01:50","slug":"pt-usha-chief-indian-olympic-association-asian-games-gold-medallist-payyoli-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viewsonnewsonline.com\/pt-usha-chief-indian-olympic-association-asian-games-gold-medallist-payyoli-express\/","title":{"rendered":"With no other nomination, PT Usha will be next IOA chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PT Usha, one of India\u2019s best athletes ever, becomes the first woman-athlete chief of the Indian Olympic Association. Her claiming the top post is assured, because, till the end of nomination time on November 27, nobody else had filed any nomination to the post of president of the IOA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 58-year-old Usha, a multiple Asian Games gold medallist and a fourth-place finisher in the 1984 Olympics 400m hurdles final, had filed her nomination in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The election to the IOA executive council is scheduled to be held on December 10, but with the nominations closing on November 27, she is set to take over one of the most powerful positions in Indian sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides the president\u2019s post, there will be no contest for the post of senior vice-president (Ajay H Patel) and treasurer (Sahdev Yadav). Patel is vice-president of the National Rifle Association of India while Yadav is president of the Indian Weightlifting Federation. 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