Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha will take a step further as an administrator as she will be contesting the upcoming Commonwealth Games Federation elections for the post of vice-president.
On Wednesday, the CGF announced the list of candidates shortlisted for the upcoming polls that will elect candidates for the posts of president, vice president, regional VPs, and sports committee members.
Usha will be contesting alongside Hugh Graham of Cook Islands, Barry Hendricks (South Africa), Sandra Osborne (Barbados), Richard Powers (Canada), Ian Reid (Scotland) and Dr Donald Rukare (Uganda).
Usha was appointed as the IOA president last December unopposed, and she is also the committee head of the Indian Talent Olympiad.
Chris Jenkins (Wales) and Kereyn Smith (New Zealand) are the two vying candidates for the president's position.
"The incoming President will be responsible for leading the Commonwealth Sports Movement over the next four years and helping to shape the Games into the future," CGF said in a media release.
The candidates contesting for the Regional VPs' posts are -- Africa: Colonel Botsang Tshenyego (Botswana); Americas: Judy Simons (Bermuda); Asia: Christopher Chan (Singapore), Maxwell DeSilva (Sri Lanka), Dr. P T Usha (India); Caribbean: Ephraim Penn (British Virgin Islands); Europe: Louise Mackie (England), Harry Murphy (Gibraltar), Helen Philips (Wales); Oceania: Craig Philips (Australia).