‘Very disappointed’: IOC backs call for clean IOA elections after PT Usha flags irregularities
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expressed strong disappointment regarding ongoing governance disputes and alleged irregularities within the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The IOC has urged the IOA to conduct elections in strict compliance with the Olympic Charter to protect the reputation of the movement.
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NEW DELHI: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stepped into the raging Indian Olympic Association (IOA) election controversy, expressing strong displeasure over the recurring disputes surrounding its electoral process and warning that the developments are damaging the reputation of the Olympic movement in India.In a strongly worded communication to IOA president PT Usha on her complaints, the world body has called for elections to be conducted in strict compliance with the Olympic Charter and IOA Constitution, in a “free and fair manner and without any external interference”.The IOC's letter to Usha, in the exclusive possession of TOI, comes in the wake of the IOA president's Nov 9 communication to IOC president Kirsty Coventry, in which she sought an independent examination of alleged irregularities in the contentious Sportspersons of Outstanding Merit (SOM) elections.
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