India's top female wrestler, Sakshi Malik, has quit the sport in protest against her federation's new president.

Sanjay Singh was elected chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Thursday after a landslide victory.

Wrestlers had staged massive protests against his alleged misconduct.

In January, they suspended their protests when Brij Bhushan Singh lost his administrative powers, pending a government investigation. In April, they resumed the agitation because the government had not revealed the panel's findings on Mr. Singh, who is also a six-term MP in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of Narendra Modi.

The unrest made headlines around the world, particularly after police arrested the wrestlers as they attempted to march to India's new Parliament building.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) condemned the way the wrestlers were treated and called for an impartial investigation into their complaints.

In June, police charged Mr. Singh for harassment, stalking and intimidation as well as making “sexually charged remarks”, but he was released on bail by a court.

The wrestlers had also asked India's sports minister to prevent people associated with Mr. Singh from participating in the WFI presidential election, which has been delayed for several months.

After the results were announced on Thursday, Ms Malik, who won the bronze medal in the 58kg freestyle category at the 2016 Rio Olympics, expressed her frustration at a press conference.

“We slept for 40 days on the road. If Brij's business partner and close associate Bhushan Singh is elected president of WFI, I will stop the struggle,” she told the media, breaking down in tears.

She also said that female wrestlers had demanded that a woman be named president because it would prevent female wrestlers from being harassed.

“But there was no participation of women [in the elections]“, she said. “Not a single woman got a job.”

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who also participated in the protests, condemned the election results and said “the future of wrestling is bleak.”

“To whom should we convey our grief…we always fight during training,” he added.

Sanjay Singh did not comment on Ms Malik's decision.

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