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New Delhi: The
Olympian Association of India has been formed here with hockey
Olympian Aslam Sher Khan elected as president while Randhir Singh,
secretary general of the Indian Olympic Association, will be the
chief patron.
The first meeting of the association, formed Monday, was held
Tuesday at the Olympic Bhawan here and the office bearers were
elected.
Balbir Singh (senior) and Milkha Singh will be patrons of the
association.
Khan said he will do his best for the welfare of the sportspersons
of the country.
Gurbhachan Singh Randhawa (Athletics) was elected senior vice
president, Harbinder Singh (Hockey), Balbir Singh (Hockey) and
Gurbir Singh Sandhu (Shooting) as vice presidents, Ajit Pal Singh
(Hockey) secretary and Sanjeeva Kumar Singh (Archery) joint
secretary.
Other members of the association are Rupa Saini (Hockey), Manjit
Dua (Table Tennis), Karnam Malleswari (Weightlifting), Leander
Paes (Tennis), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Shooting), Sushil Kumar
(Wrestling), Vijender Singh (Boxing), Abhinav Bindra (Shooting),
Ashwini Nachappa (Athletics), Jagbir Singh (Hockey), Subhash Verma
(Wrestling), Shiva Keshvan (Luge-Winter Games), Sumangla
(Archery), Charles Borromeo (Athletics), S.S. Hakim (Football) Ram
Singh (Athletics), Capt. Srichand Ram (Athletics), Anwar Sultan
(Shooting) and Kunju Rani (Weightlifting).
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