India's first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra said on Friday he is currently an International Olympic Committee (IOC) athletes' commission representative and has not yet given a thought to a leading administrative role in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Legendary Indian runner PT Usha recently became the first woman to lead the IOA, and Bindra, when asked, why he didn't put his hat in the ring for the post of president, told PTI, "I'm currently an athletes' representative in the IOC.

I am a member of the IOC's Athletes' Commission and my role is still valid for a couple of years." The Beijing Olympic gold medallist was appointed member of the IOC's Athletes' Commission in 2018 where his role is to "act as a bridge between administrators and athletes and serve their best interest." Bindra, who is in the city as brand ambassador of Tata Steel Kolkata 25K run, also said, it would be a conflict of interest to get into an administrative or executive position in the IOA when he is still with IOC.