WSF President Meets Tokyo 2020 Games Organising Committee by Howard Harding 21 January 2015
- World Squash Federation President N. Ramachandran has had the
opportunity to press the case for Squash to be added to the 2020
Olympic Games programme in meetings this week with Mr Tsunekazu Takeda,
President Japan Olympic Committee, and Mr. Yoshiro Mori, President
Tokyo Games Organising Committee, together with other senior executives
for the forthcoming IOC Games.
President Ramachandran emphasised the ease of inclusion in respect of
low cost, flexible venue, gender equality, and low additional athlete
numbers. In addition to additional general benefits to the hosts and
the Olympic Games in general, Ramachandran also highlighted that the
sport is supremely athletic and played in 185 countries.
"I was grateful for this opportunity to meet Mr Mori and Mr Takeda
(pictured with Ramachandran above), and to highlight how serious WSF is
in its efforts for squash to be included in the Olympics as a medal
sport," said Ramachandran from Tokyo. "We had a good reception with
positive feedback.
"I was also able to reaffirm that every single top squash player would
value competing in the Olympic Games higher than any other event, if we
are chosen.
"To reinforce this message, I was able to present Mr Mori with a WSF
flag signed by all the top women players competing in the recent
Women's World Team Championship," added the WSF President.
