{"id":1455,"date":"2011-12-11T16:34:47","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T16:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1455"},"modified":"2011-12-11T16:34:47","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T16:34:47","slug":"formation-of-oai-is-a-historic-move-randhir-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1455","title":{"rendered":"Formation of OAI is a historic  move:  Randhir Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>The present and past Olympians of the country will get a platform to air their\u00a0 achievements and grievances with the formation of\u00a0 Olympian Association of\u00a0 India (OAI) here on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>This is going to be a big step in organizing the sportspersons who have represented the country at the highest platform under one umbrella, said Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Secretary General Randhir Singh.<\/p>\n<p>For long the Olympians were looking for a platform to give their views\u00a0\u00a0 about the state of\u00a0 sports\u00a0 and sports persons in the country, the OAI will provide them\u00a0 this\u00a0 opportunity, Randhir Singh said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the elections for new office bearers for the Arjuna Awardee\u00a0 Association will also be held on Monday. \u201cI along with Bishen Singh Bedi and others\u00a0\u00a0 office bearers are stepping down. It has been decided that the Association will have a totally new set of Office bearers\u00a0\u00a0 and if need be there may be some new additions or amendments to its existing constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want the sports persons have their say through these two associations\u201d They are the major stake holders and time has come that their views are heard and respected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want any sports person to feel left out, hence this decision to revamp Arjuna\u00a0 Awardee Association\u00a0 and to make it pro active,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The IOA secretary General made it clear that the formation of OAI is as per the Olympic Charter. World over such associations\u00a0 exist with the full blessing of their respective National Olympic Committees(NOCs).<\/p>\n<p>He said setting of OAI\u00a0 seven months before the London Games is bound to give Indian participants taking part in it a great boost. <\/p>\n<p>Randhir Singh said sportspersons will also have representation in the IOA.. &#8220;We in the IOA want sports persons to have more say. I dare say\u00a0\u00a0 from tomorrow onwards Sports persons will have their voices heard both in the IOA, National sports federations and in the sports ministry.\u201d <br \/>He said IOA has already set up several commissions to look into the various aspects of the sports management in the country and also to provide guidance to\u00a0 sportspersons and officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>The present and past Olympians of the country will get a platform to air their\u00a0 achievements and grievances with the formation of\u00a0 Olympian Association of\u00a0 India (OAI) here on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Formation of OAI is a historic move: Randhir Singh - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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