Selection is all about performance metrics and federation criteria, yaar. But where personal choice comes? It's in the final 15% when two athletes are neck-and-neck—that's when a coach's gut, seeing who handles pressure better, tips the scale. I know because I sat in those rooms for years. The thing from my life? I once fought to pick a gritty kid from a small akhada over a polished academy boy for the junior team. That boy won us a medal. My own struggle to even get seen in my youth... it makes me look for that fight.
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