Vinesh was disqualified from the 50kg category women's freestyle final for being 100 gm overweight in the second weigh-in on the morning of the summit clash.
Harish Salve, a renowned Indian lawyer, will represent the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing on Friday, regarding the disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat from the Paris Olympics.
Bajwa, who had headed the previous ad-hoc committee that ran the sport in the country in the absence of a fairly elected body till late December from early August 2023, will have in company hockey stalwart MM Somaya and former international shuttler Manjusha Kanwar in the ad hoc committee.
An erstwhile Indian Olympic Association eminence grise once bristled indignantly as, after the Rio Games, a gymnast from eastern India had been caught for doping: “The fool couldn’t fool them,” he bellowed.
The online gaming industry in India has gained currency in recent years and has particularly attracted the youths of our country. Given the humongous rise in the need for diverse and challenging games which were essentially accelerated during the pandemic and thereafter, it clearly evidences that online gaming is here to stay.
Olympic Day is celebrated every year on 23 June since 1948 to mark the beginning of the modern-day Olympic Games.
Batra said that the situation that Indian sports administrators face is a unique one due to the sheer size and population of the country and a model like the one followed in Germany cannot be implemented here.
Batra and IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta have been divided in their opinion on the resumption of training of athletes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
IOA President Batra also provided a breakdown of the funds required by the different sports bodies.
The Games were earlier scheduled to be held between 24 July and 9 August 2020 but were forced to be postponed to 2021, in view of the threat posed by COVID-19.
