Went to watch the SEA Games selection at the National Sports Council of Malaysia for Taekwondo. There number of participants are not more than 50 people for all the 11 categories that are open for selection. The fights were not that impressive although there were one or two good fights. The participants who were there for the selection did not seem to take it seriously with all of them sitting and waiting for their turn to fight. Even when it was their category turns to fight, the athletes did not do any warm up or getting ready for their fights. They just sat there and when it's their turn, they just go in and fight.
I do not understand the wholempurpose of this selection when the athletes showed no sense of urgency in it. The atmosphere was more like a training session than a selection. Were they interested in the selection or they just go there for the sake of going? Don't the know the needs of warming up and preparing for a fight?
Overall, I find this selection kind of meaningless if this is the way our athletes is behaving in preparation for competition. If they not interested then they better stay at home or find something better to do. I hope I do not see these athletes being selected to represent my country to be embarassed and humiliated.
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