Oh come on!
In my defense, this time I only asked about it and I clearly wrote "Not to give false hope". Not going to Tonga is something I'd probably survive, but since Austria is quite a major winter sports nation, I'm going to risk my life and go there anyway
#Athletics#kazakistan championship200m ( rio - 23:20 )1 - duteechand 23.69 sec.silver2 - H.M jyothi 24.51sec.4 200m (rio -20:50)
1 - vidya sagar 21.59sec 7th #Thailand championship ( rio - 20:50 )
Dharmbir qualified for final clocked 22.09 and came first in his heat
The qualifying period for all sports almost ended and looks like Indonesia will have *most likely* 28 athletes.
(+2 from swimming hopefully and +1 athletics)
My personal review:
It is certainly better than London 2012, where we got many from wildcards/reallocation spots. But I believe my country can qualify more athletes... It is a pity that Larasati Gading (equestrian) failed to qualify, would be nice to see her competing. And also our second men's doubles pair in badminton should also be able to qualify.....
Often athletes come to trials and dont work too hard because there aren't too many people that can prevent them from going to the games. in USA case.... it's the opposite, the athletes work so hard to get through the trials and reach their peak about a month too early. Kovacs is fine, i saw him in the prefontaine classic last month and he was really good
We're hoping for Pajon to repeat her BMX gold. She just won the worlds (although at home). Ibarguen has dominated women's triple jump for 3 years (although she's been a little off this year) and Fernando Gaviria has won the last two world titles in men's omniun. The road race team is pretty good but I don't dare make any prediction for that race.
What about India? I know shooting always does well for you but what else are you going after this year?