Narinder Batra eyes second term as world hockey body chief

NEW DELHI:

Indian Olympic Association

(

IOA

) chief

Narinder Batra

, who is aiming for a second term as president of

International Hockey Federation

(FIH), faces

Marc Coudron

of Belgium for the top post in

FIH

presidential election due to take place on Saturday evening.


Batra, who is also a member of the

International Olympic Committee

(

IOC

), became chief of FIH in 2016.

The Indian sports administrator, in the build up to FIH election, unveiled 11 key steps he will take to lift global

hockey

to next level.

Batra's first term was extended after FIH delayed the Congress to 2021 due to pandemic.

Should Batra win the election, his second term would be shortened from four years to three.

Coudron is president of

Royal Belgian Hockey Association

(KBHB) and is an executive board member of the Belgian Olympic Committee (BOC).