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\"HINew Delhi<\/strong>: Hockey India<\/a> (HI) on Tuesday thanked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for appointing the three-time Olympian and former captain of the Indian hockey team Ajit Pal Singh<\/a> as the Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent for the 2012 London Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“For the first time the mantle of stewardship has been entrusted in the hands of a former sportsman and it is indeed an honour that this responsibility has been given to a hockey stalwart,” said Narinder Batra, secretary general of HI.<\/p>\n

Ajit Pal led the eight-time Olympic champion to their only World Cup win in 1975. He was also the chairman of HI’s coaching and development committee.<\/p>\n

Ajit Pal’s appointment comes as a surprise because he was not in the fray. IOA vice-president Tarlochan Singh and Weightlifting Federation of India (WFI) chief B.P.Baishya were the top contenders but now they will go only as delegate and IOA observers.(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"HINew Delhi<\/strong>: Hockey India<\/a> (HI) on Tuesday thanked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for appointing the three-time Olympian and former captain of the Indian hockey team Ajit Pal Singh<\/a> as the Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent for the 2012 London Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“For the first time the mantle of stewardship has been entrusted in the hands of a former sportsman and it is indeed an honour that this responsibility has been given to a hockey stalwart,” said Narinder Batra, secretary general of HI.<\/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":[13],"tags":[3319,738,280],"class_list":["post-4359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-hockey-hockey","tag-ajit-pal-singh","tag-hockey-india","tag-london-olympics"],"yoast_head":"\nHockey India thanks IOA for Ajit Pal\u2019s appointment - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=4359\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hockey India thanks IOA for Ajit Pal\u2019s appointment - 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