The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has chosen PV Sindhu as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. The IOA, it is learnt, picked the 22-year-old Rio Games silver medalist ahead of Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal, who were also in contention, because of ‘better colour of the medal at the Olympics and her consistent performances in the last few years. The opening ceremony will be held at the Carrara Stadium in Gold Coast on April 4. World Championship and Olympic medalists Mary Kom and Nehwal – both competing in their second Commonwealth Games – are yet to be flag-bearers at a multi-discipline event which made them among the front-runners to lead the Indian contingent during the ceremony. Sindhu’s achievements are more recent and she is among the best athletes in the country at the moment. Hence, we have chosen her to be the flag-bearer, an IOA official said.