# PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu Among 10 Athletes Elected Unopposed to IOA Athletes' Commission _Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Mirabai Chanu join nine others on the Indian Olympic Association Athletes' Commission for a four-year term._ - Publisher: Apex Sports News (https://apexsportsnews.in) - Canonical URL: https://apexsportsnews.in/news/pv-sindhu-mirabai-chanu-among-10-athletes-elected-unopposed-to-ioa-athletes - Author: Atul, Editor (https://apexsportsnews.in/author/atul) - Published: 2026-11-04T03:09:10.954Z - Section: Other Sports - Topics: PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu, Indian Olympic Association, IOA Athletes' Commission ## Summary PV Sindhu and Mirabai Chanu were among 10 sportspersons declared elected unopposed to the IOA Athletes' Commission on Tuesday after two candidates withdrew, leaving 10 contenders for 10 seats. ## Key takeaways - PV Sindhu and Mirabai Chanu elected unopposed to IOA Athletes' Commission - Ten candidates contested for ten seats after Sudha Singh and Kidambi Srikanth withdrew - Term runs from 2026 to 2030; Returning Officer Sanjay K Srivastava declared results - Shiva Keshavan and Rajeshwari Kumari are ex-officio members from OCA Athletes' Commission - Elections for chairperson, vice chairperson and two General Body representatives on November 7 ## Article Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Mirabai Chanu were among 10 sportspersons declared elected unopposed as members of the Athletes’ Commission of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Tuesday. The polls were rendered unnecessary after two candidates withdrew, leaving exactly 10 contenders for 10 seats. Former track and field athlete Sudha Singh pulled out of the race late Monday night, and ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth withdrew his candidature earlier on Monday. Returning Officer Sanjay K Srivastava on Tuesday declared all 10 candidates, five male and five female, elected unopposed for a four-year term from 2026 to 2030. ## Full list of elected members Besides ace shuttler Sindhu and weightlifter Chanu, the other members of the Athletes’ Commission are men’s and women’s hockey captains Harmanpreet Singh and Salima Tete, shooter Swapnil Kusale, fencer Bhavani Devi, and shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor. Two Indians in the Olympic Council of Asia’s (OCA) Athletes’ Commission, Vice Chair Shiva Keshavan and recently appointed Rajeshwari Kumari, will be the ex-officio members of the IOA’s Athletes’ Commission. ## Roles and upcoming elections The chairperson and vice chairperson, one male and one female in either of the two positions, of the Athletes’ Commission shall be made members of the IOA Executive Council. Two members, one male and one female, of the Athletes’ Commission will become members of the IOA General Body with voting rights. They will take part in the IOA Executive Council elections on December 5 as Athletes’ Commission representatives. The elections for the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Athletes’ Commission, as well as the two representatives for the IOA General Body, will be held on November 7 in virtual mode. Both Keshavan and Kumari have voting rights in the elections for the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Athletes’ Commission, as well as the two representatives for the IOA General Body. However, they cannot contest the elections for the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Athletes’ Commission or for the two representative positions in the IOA General Body. ## Background on Sindhu and Chanu PV Sindhu is an Indian badminton player considered one of India’s most successful athletes. She is the first and only Indian to become the badminton world champion and only the second individual from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games. She rose to a career-high world ranking of No. 2 in April 2017. Mirabai Chanu Saikhom is an Indian weightlifter who won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women’s 49 kg event. On 17 April 2021, she set a world record in clean and jerk in the 49 kg category with a lift of 119 kg in the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships, a record which she held till 5 September 2023. ### Related on Apex Sports News - [Manu Bhaker to contest ISSF Athletes Committee elections](https://apexsportsnews.in/news/manu-bhaker-to-contest-issf-athletes-committee-elections) - [Jaismine among five Indian boxers to win at Tammer tournament](https://apexsportsnews.in/news/jaismine-among-five-indian-boxers-to-win-at-tammer-tournament) - [Gujarat awards Rs 9.27 crore to 18 Asian Games and Para Asian Games athletes](https://apexsportsnews.in/news/gujarat-awards-rs-9-27-crore-to-18-asian-games-and-para-asian-games-athletes) ### Sources - [sports.ndtv.com](https://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/pv-sindhu-mirabai-chanu-among-10-sportspersons-elected-unopposed-as-ioa-athletes-commission-members-12278779) - [indiatoday.in](https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/pv-sindhu-mirabai-chanu-elected-unopposed-ioa-athletes-commission-3031499-2026-11-03) - [Photo: Raj Singh palamu, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113561634) --- Source: Apex Sports News, https://apexsportsnews.in/news/pv-sindhu-mirabai-chanu-among-10-athletes-elected-unopposed-to-ioa-athletes. 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