Archery’s world body has given Archery Association of India (AAI) a one-month ultimatum to get its house in order or face suspension, leaving AAI de-listed.
World Archery (WA) said it will wait until July 31st to decide on the suspension and also awaits the Supreme Court’s verdict on the controversial elections of the AAI. The de-listing will not prevent Indian archers from competing on international events under the national flag.
“World Archery Executive Board has decided that there is sufficient evidence that the AAI is in breach of Articles 1.4.2.4 and 1.4.2.5.1 of the World Archery Constitution and Rules and specifically the last point of good governance.
“If at the end of July, there is no clear decision, World Archery will suspend the Archery Association of India and will not allow any Indian athletes to participate in any international events with national team participation. This would particularly apply for the Asian Archery Championship and Asian Para-Archery Championship”, the letter signed by WA secretary general Tom Dielen said.
The WA also declared two separate elections of the rival factions of the AAI as invalid and delisted the national federation.
