The US’ Olympics dream for their athletes – and Malaysia’s pipe dream

By Rajes Paul

WATCHING the recently-concluded US Olympics selection trials gave me goosebumps for several reasons.

For one, I was at the venue – Hayward Field – in 2019 when it was still under construction during a three-week International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) in the US.

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