Olympic bronze medal-winning Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal is ready to win uncontested from the South Asia Zone within the first-ever Athletes Committee ballot of the upcoming Asian Video games.
For the primary time in historical past, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is conducting a ballot amongst athletes to elect 10 members of the Athletes’ Committee. The London 2012 Olympics bronze medalist’s title was on Saturday chosen as the only nominee from amongst 26 nominations to compete for 10 positions.
“The athletes will probably be voting for 10 members of the Athletes’ Committee — one feminine and one male from every of the 5 OCA zones: West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, South East Asia and East Asia,” the OCA said.
By advantage of being the only nominee, the 33-year-old is anticipated to win uncontested.
The OCA has introduced that athletes will have the ability to vote at one in all six voting stations from September 18 to October 6. The voting stations are positioned within the Athletes’ Village in Hangzhou and on the sub-athletes’ villages within the 5 co-host cities. The outcomes will probably be introduced on the eve of the Video games’ closing on October 7, and the OCA is set to draw as many athletes as attainable to the voting stations, it said.
The Athletes’ Eating Corridor in the principle Asian Video games Village is already embellished with vibrant voting cubicles, slogans similar to ‘Your Vote, Your Voice’ and the all-important QR code on which the athletes can full the voting course of.
Along with this, the OCA has produced informative posters with images of the 26 candidates nominated by the Nationwide Olympic Committees for the ten positions.
These posters will entice extra consideration to the elections and permit athletes to examine who has been nominated from their very own zone. A sexy pin badge devoted to the Athletes’ Committee election will even add to the event.