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[caption id="attachment_20354" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Saina Nehwal missed chance to become IOC member. File Pic.[/caption] Internet Desk: Indian Olympic Bronze Medalist Saina Nehwal missed to become the elected member of International Olympic Committee for the first time from India. This is much prestigious than any other memberships of IOC as these positions are elected by the participants of Olympics. The IOC has four elected members from athletes. They are chosen through open voting process among all athletes. As this membership is not by nomination and earns respect from athletes from all over the world, this is recognized as prestigious. Saina got 1233 votes in the election in which all the athletes participating in 2016 Rio Games were eligible to vote. She was one of the 23 top sportspersons from across the world nominated for elections for the four seats. The election was held over the past 25 days in the Olympic Village located here. After the approval by the IOC Session, the four elected athletes will become IOC members for an eight-year term of office. Beijing Olympics gold medalist fencer Britta Heidemann of Germany was elected with 1,603 votes, followed by South Korean table tennis great Seung-Min Ryu with 1,544, former swimmer Daniel Gyurta of Hungary with 1,469 votes and Russian world record holder pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva with 1,365. A total of 5,185 athletes out of 11,245 voted.