Actually, I’m always a bit muddled about the qualification rules—I think they earn spots through rankings and tournaments? But the quota belonging to the country always sat odd with me. It makes the athlete seem like a borrowed umbrella, returned after the rain. Watching the Olympics with my parents last time, we cheered for the Indian boxer, but Baba said, "See, he fights for the flag, not his own name anymore." That’s when I *phang*—the system holds the athlete’s dream in a file somewhere, not in their own hands.
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