India’s two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu can be contesting the BWF Athletes’ Fee election to be held through the World Championships in Spain on December 17.
Reigning world champion Sindhu, who’s at the moment enjoying on the Indonesia Open Tremendous 1000 occasion in Bali, is likely one of the 9 candidates nominated for the out there six positions.
“The elections for the Athletes’ Fee (2021- 2025) will happen on Friday 17 December 2021 alongside the TotalEnergies BWF World Champion ships 2021, Huelva, Spain,” the sport’s governing physique stated in a launch.
“…Sindhu is the one present Athletes’ Fee member standing for re-election. She was first elected in 2017 and is certainly one of six girls representatives working this cycle.” Sindhu can be joined by Indonesia’s girls’s doubles participant Greysia Polii, who gained the gold medal at Tokyo Olympics.
“I wish to help my fellow gamers to attain their desires and assist them out with their requests round competing on the worldwide circuit,” stated Polii. Different nominated gamers embrace Adam Corridor of Scotland, Egypt’s Hadia Hosny, Iris Wang of USA, Korea’s Kim Soyeong, Netherland’s Robin Tabeling, Soraya Aghaeihajiagha of Iran and China’s Zheng Si Wei.
The Chair of the Athletes’ Fee is elected by the brand new Athletes’ Fee and that individual turns into a BWF Council Member after the vetting course of required below the BWF structure. In Might, Sindhu was additionally named athlete ambassador for IOC’s ‘Consider in Sports activities’ marketing campaign.
