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Sealing the spot: Khairul Anuar Mohd has already qualified by virtue of his silver medal in the men’s recurve at the World Archery Championships in Holland in June.

PETALING JAYA: There were 32 Malaysian athletes at the last Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 but in Tokyo next year, the number could dwindle to just over two dozen.

Malaysia had looked forward to sending the biggest contingent since Munich in 1972 but the men’s hockey team’s defeat to Britain last week crushed that dream.

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