Olympics chef de mission expecting some athletes to qualify at last minute


From left: Aniq Kasdan (weightlifting), Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy (sailing), Paris Olympics CDM Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin, Johnathan Wong (shooting), Nur Aisyah Mohamad Zubir (road cycling). —LOW BOON TAT/THE STAR

PETALING JAYA: With just two months to go before the 2024 Paris Olympics gets underway, chef de mission Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin is waiting for the national contingent to get some last-minute additions.

At the moment, 18 athletes have earned their tickets to Paris from July 26-Aug 11 but Hamidin is expecting several more names to make the cut.

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