NEW DELHI, Dec 2: India’s lone individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Sunday lashed out at the country’s sports officials, saying an Olympic ban could be a ‘blessing in disguise’.

“The current mess is completely of the Indian Olympic Association’s making,” Bindra, who won a rifle shooting gold at the 2008 Beijing Games, wrote in The Hindustan Times.

The IOC executive board will decide if the Indian federation should be suspended for flouting the Olympic charter in its election process. The IOA had been directed by a court to hold elections according to the government’s sports code, while the IOC wanted it to abide by the Olympic charter that favours autonomy.—AFP