Balaji elected RFI president after court modifies order
RFI got the green signal from the Delhi High Court to declare results for the elections condited in February 2024. With Olympics 2036 in mind, India cannot afford to have too many court cases on governance issues of National Sports Federations.
Maradapa has been involved with the sport for more than three decades and felt he had the edge because of his personal relationships within the rowing fraternity. 'I know everyone in rowing personally and have been part of the federation for nearly 38 years,' he told this daily on Friday. But the new president has acknowledged that there will be bigger challenges because of the limited time they have for the Asian Games first (next year) and the Olympic qualification period for LA28.
'It is going to be a big responsibility,' he said. 'More than one year there has been no federation so things need to be in order soon. The Asian Games is next year and we barely have a year to prepare. The Olympic Games is just three years away. So we needed to be back and start preparing for these big events. We must keep our Olympic bid also in mind. I think we will do better than before at the next Games.' He is a qualified coach and said he had trained national medallists and international players.
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