Former Indian sprinter PT Usha is set to become the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) after emerging as the lone candidate for the top post for the December 10 elections. She will also become the first Olympian and first international medallist to head the IOA in its 95-year-old history.
The 58-year-old Usha, a multiple Asian Games gold medallists and a fourth-place finisher in the 1984 Olympics 400m hurdles final, filed her nomination papers for the top post on Sunday, along with 14 others from her team for the various posts.
The IOA polls will be held to elect one president, one senior vice-president, two vice-presidents (one male and one female), one treasurer, two joint secretaries (one male and one female), six other Executive Council members, out of which two (one male and one female) shall be from the elected SOMs.