IOC Suspends Indian NOC Due To Gov’t Interference In Its Election Process

In this Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, Indian London Olympic medal winners, from left, silver medal in shooting Vijay Kumar, bronze medal in boxing MC Mary Kom, bronze medal in shooting Gagan Narang, bronze medal in badminton Saina Nehwal, bronze medalist in wrestling Yogeshwar Dutt and silver medal in wrestling Sushil Kumar pose for the media at the India gate during a felicitation event in New Delhi, India. The IOC suspended India’s national Olympic committee on Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012 because of government interference in its election process, two officials with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. After months of warnings, the IOC executive board imposed the sanction when the Indian Olympic Association failed to comply with the world body’s demands for holding independent elections, the officials said. <AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File>

Indian wrestlers practice in a compound of a hall in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. The IOC suspended India’s national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, a major embarrassment for the world’s second most populous nation. <AP Photo/Altaf Qadri>