New Delhi, Feb 9 , 2014, DHNS:

Ramachandran elected IOA chief; IOC observers satisfied with polls

India can hope to return to the Olympic family as early as the closing ceremony of the ongoing Winter Games at Sochi after the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) conducted its long-awaited elections without further glitches on Sunday.

The overturning of suspension will allow the Indian athletes at Sochi to march under the national flag during the closing ceremony on February 23. The IOC Executive Board will hold its meeting on the last day of the Games.

Indias suspension, since December 4, 2012, forced three Indian athletes at the Winter Games -- luger Shiva Keshavan and alpine skiers Himanshu Thakur and Nadeem Iqbal -- to participate as independent competitors under the Olympic flag.

The IOA cleared bottlenecks for a successful comeback by holding its elections on Sunday. The elections officially announced N Ramachandran, brother of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief N Srinivasan, as the unopposed president. The Kho-Kho Federation of India (KKFI) president Rajeev Mehta and All India Tennis Association (AITA) president Anil Khanna were the unopposed secretary-general and treasurer.

The three-member team of International Olympic Committee (IOC) observers, comprising Pere Miro and Jerome Poivey, and led by Robin Mitchell, said they would personally submit a favourable report on their return to Sochi on Monday. The elections were preceded by a brief general body meeting where the constitution of the IOA was amended to bring more clarity to the charge-framed clause.

The IOC is satisfied with the meeting and its outcome. We will deliver a favourable report to the IOC president (Thomas Bach) as soon as we return tomorrow, said Poivey.

Mitchell, an IOC member from Fiji, added: The IOC executive board will meet before the Winter Games closing ceremony and take the necessary action on Indias suspension. India is very important to us."

The polls were conducted for only one of the eight posts of vice-presidents. Rowing Federation of India (RFI) president Rajlaxmi Singh Deo missed out. Janardhan Singh Gehlot, Birendra Prasad Baishya, R K Anand, Anurag Thakur, Akhilesh Das Gupta, G S Mandher, Tarlochan Singh, and Parminder Singh Dhindsa were elected the new vice-presidents.

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Decks cleared for India's return to Oly fold

The decks were cleared today for India's return to the Olympic fold after a 14-month suspension with Indian Olympic Association conducting its polls with N Ramachandran being elected as the president.

The election of Ramachandran, chief of World Squash Federation and younger brother of BCCI boss N Srinivasan, as IOA president was a mere formality as he was the lone candidate in the fray for the top post.

Kho-Kho Federation of India President Rajeev Mehta and All India Tennis Association (AITA) chief Anil Khanna were also elected unopposed as Secretary General and Treasurer respectively in the polls which marked the exit of corruption-tainted Abhay Singh Chautala and Lalit Bhanot from the IOA.

Voting was done only for eight vice-presidents as there were nine candidates in the fray. One senior vice-president, six joint secretaries and nine executive council members were also elected unopposed. All the office-bearers of the IOA will have a term till 2016, the Olympic year.

The three observers from International Olympic Committee said they would submit a "favourable" report to IOC president Thomas Bach and expressed hope that India's suspension would be revoked "sooner than later"

Robin Mitchell, IOC member from Fiji and the seniormost among the three, even hinted that India's suspension could be revoked before the end of the ongoing Sochi Winter Olympics so that the three Indians taking part in the Games can hold the tri-colour in the closing ceremony on February 23.

"We are very happy at the way the proceedings have happened today. We are reaching Sochi tomorrow and will submit our report to IOC President and it is upto him when to call the Executive Board meeting to decide on India's return. We hope it will happen sooner than later," Mitchell said.

Asked about any time frame, he said, "The IOC Executive Board is meeting before the closing ceremony of Sochi Winter Olympics and hopefully the EB will decide to revoke India's suspension in that meeting. We want Indian athletes to take part in the closing ceremony with the national flag," he said.

Shiva Keshavan, Himanshu Thakur and Nadeem Iqbal took part in the opening ceremony of Sochi Olympic Games on Friday under the IOC flag.

IOC's NOC Relations Director Pere Miro said the three observers "were satisfied with the IOA elections and they would submit a favourable report to the IOC President".

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BCCI Chief's Brother N Ramachandran Elected IOA Prez

The decks were cleared for India's return to the Olympic fold after a 14-month suspension with Indian Olympic Association conducting its polls with N Ramachandran being elected as the president.

The election of Ramachandran, chief of World Squash Federation and younger brother of BCCI boss N Srinivasan, as IOA president was a mere formality as he was the lone candidate in the fray for the top post.

Kho-Kho Federation of India President Rajeev Mehta and All India Tennis Association (AITA) chief Anil Khanna were also elected unopposed as Secretary General and Treasurer respectively in the polls which marked the exit of corruption-tainted Abhay Singh Chautala and Lalit Bhanot from the IOA.

Voting was done only for eight vice-presidents as there were nine candidates in the fray. One senior vice-president, six joint secretaries and nine executive council members were also elected unopposed. All the office-bearers of the IOA will have a term till 2016, the Olympic year.

The three observers from International Olympic Committee said they would submit a "favourable" report to IOC president Thomas Bach and expressed hope that India's suspension would be revoked "sooner than later"

Robin Mitchell, IOC member from Fiji and the senior-most among the three, even hinted that India's suspension could be revoked before the end of the ongoing Sochi Winter Olympics so that the three Indians taking part in the Games can hold the tri-colour in the closing ceremony on February 23.

"We are very happy at the way the proceedings have happened today. We are reaching Sochi tomorrow and will submit our report to IOC President and it is upto him when to call the Executive Board meeting to decide on India's return. We hope it will happen sooner than later," Mitchell said.

Asked about any time frame, he said, "The IOC Executive Board is meeting before the closing ceremony of Sochi Winter Olympics and hopefully the EB will decide to revoke India's suspension in that meeting. We want Indian athletes to take part in the closing ceremony with the national flag," he said.

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