Lost in Jakarta: Maldives’ Haish Hassan going through a training session at the GBK Aquatic Centre ahead of the Indonesia Asian Games yesterday. — AFP
THE plucky swimmers of far-flung nations who train in the sea where stingrays and crocodiles lurk are ready to strike a blow for the sport’s minnows at the Asian Games.
As Olympic champions such as China’s Sun Yang and Japan’s Kosuke Hagino soak up the limelight, simply getting to Jakarta has been a remarkable achievement for the fresh-faced hopefuls from the Maldives and East Timor.
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