NEW DELHI: Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medallist, has strongly advocated the need to have an 'appointed' secretary general in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), instead of an 'elected' office-bearer, which was the norm earlier. Bindra was part of the Indian delegation comprising representatives from the IOA, Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), sports ministry, Sports Authority of India (SAI) and IOC member in India, Nita Ambani (online), which met the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) officials at the world body's headquarters in Lausanne on September 27.
In an exclusive interview to TOI, Bindra, who attended the meeting as 'Athletes Representatives', informed about the discussions which took place at the marathon meeting and the road ahead for the IOA and the Indian sports administration at large and how to set the house in order. This is the first time that a member of the delegation has spoken about the closed-door meeting.
