Lagatar24 Desk
Malaysia, Nov 23: India’s two-time Olympic medalist and star shuttler, P V Sindhu, will be contesting the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes’ Commission election scheduled to be held during the World Championships in Spain on December 17.
Interestingly, she is the only current Athletes’ Commission member standing for re-election and was first elected in 2017. She is one of six women representatives running this cycle.
“World champion and two-time Olympic medalist Pusarla V. Sindhu is the only current Athletes’ Commission member standing for re-election,” BWF said in a statement.
“The elections for the Athletes’ Commission (2021- 2025) will take place on Friday 17 December 2021 alongside the TotalEnergies BWF World Champion ships 2021, Huelva, Spain. Nine candidates have been nominated for the available six positions,” the game’s governing body said in a release.
According to BWF, the chair of the Athletes’ Commission is elected by the new Athletes’ Commission and that person becomes a BWF Council Member after the vetting process required under the BWF constitution.
