Le Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has announced the list of candidates to join its athletes' commission. Four seats are available : one woman will be elected to represent West Asia, another for Southeast Asia, while two men will be elected to represent Central Asia and East Asia.
Thanyalak Chotphibunsin (Thailand, shooting) is the sole candidate in her category for Southeast Asia. The West Asian seat will be contested between Hanan Nassar (Jordan, boxing) and Reem Al Sharsharni (Qatar, shooting). The competition will be fiercer for the final two seats.
Arian Salimi (Iran, taekwondo), Amir Maimuratov (Kazakhstan, sport climbing), and Jasurbek Jaysunov (Uzbekistan, taekwondo) are candidates for Central Asia. There will also be three candidates for East Asia: Cho Sung-min (South Korea, sailing), Naoto Tobe (Japan, athletics), and Chun Han Yang (Taipei, China, athletics). The athletes participating in Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games They will be able to vote from September 20th to October 2nd.
