CHENNAI : World Squash Federation (WSF) President N Ramachandran pressed the case for squash to be added to the 2020 Olympic Games in meetings 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. A release from the Squash Rackets Federation of India here today said Mr Ramachandran, during the meeting, emphasised the 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, Mr Ramachandran also highlighted that the sport was supremely athletic and played in 185 countries.
‘I was grateful for this opportunity to meet Mr Mori and Mr Takeda and to highlight how serious WSF is in its efforts for squash to be included in the Olympics as a medal sport,’ said, Mr Ramachandran from Tokyo. ‘
We had a good reception with positive feedback,” he said. ‘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,’ the WSF President said.
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