Lalit Bhanot elected to Asian Athletics

Scam-tainted former IOA Secretary General Lalit Bhanot was today elected vice-President of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) in polls held in Wuhan, China. Recommended by the Athletics Federation of India, Bhanot fought through a 14-strong challenge in the elections to be picked as one of the five vice-Presidents during the AAA council on the eve of the Asian Championships in Wuhan. "Mr Bhanot has been elected as AAA vice-President with a comfortable win," AFI Director M L Dogra told PTI. Tainted in the corruption scandal that engulfed the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Bhanot served as secretary of AFI for more than a decade and was the Secretary General of the IOA when it served a 14-month suspension by the IOC.