India, July 4 -- A high-level Indian delegation visited the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne this week and initiated the "continuous dialogue" process towards hosting the Olympics. The Indian delegation was led by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha and Gujarat sports minister Harsh Sanghavi besides having union sports ministry Hari Ranjan Rao and senior IOA and Gujarat sports officials. One of the messages emerging from the meeting in Lausanne is that the IOC wants India to immediately pay attention to two issues: the governance crisis in IOA and the alarming rise in doping violations. P17
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