Star Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan to stand for IOC Athletes' Commission election
The Hindu
The 40-year-old six-time Winter Olympian has been approved as one of the 17 candidates to fill in two vacant places of the IOC's Athletes Commission after the world body's executive board meeting
Star Indian luger will seek to become a member of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission when the elections are held during the .
The 40-year-old six-time Winter Olympian has been approved as one of the 17 candidates to fill in two vacant places of the IOC's Athletes Commission after the world body's executive board meeting in Athens on October 16.
"Ten female and seven male athletes from 17 National Olympic Committees [NOCs], six sports and five continents will compete for the two vacant seats on the Commission," the IOC said in a statement with a list of the 17 contesting candidates.