India Sports
An Olympic Quota Doesn't Belong to the Athlete Who Won It
A quota place is allocated to the country (NOC), not the athlete who earned it.
In shooting and a few other sports, India holds its own trials to pick who actually goes.
In athletics, badminton and tennis, qualification is largely tied to the individual's ranking.
Most individual events cap a country at two athletes, however deep its talent runs.
Universality 'wildcards' let tiny nations send athletes who never met the standard.
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