Pune, June 28: Tainted in the Commonwealth Games scam he might be, but a defiant Suresh Kalmadi will seek a re-election to the post of Asian Athletic Association’s President for a third successive term.
Kalmadi, who is out on bail after being in jail for 10 months in the CWG scam case, will contest against senior vice-president of AAA, Brig Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad, in the elections to be held on July 1 here.
Kalmadi, who has been President of the AAA since 2000, will battle it out for a third term after being elected unopposed in the previous two polls.
“He is seeking re-election and is confident of winning the poll on the back of several new initiatives in Asian Athletics in the last 13 years,” an Athletics Federation of India source said.
“Before 2000, there were only two competitions in Asia — Asian Junior and Senior Championships — but now we have a host of events in a calender year like the Asian Grand Prix, Asian All Star and the Asian Youth Championships. We are hoping to get majority vote out of the 45 member countries and associations,” he added. (PTI)
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