The Unseen Cost of Overzealous Team Selection The recent case of Indian wushu player Divyanshi Choudhary being dropped from the Asian Games squad has sparked a heated debate about favoritism and nepotism in team selection.
Beneath this surface, however, lies a more profound issue: the dehumanizing effects of high stakes sports. Divyanshi's story is both heartbreaking and infuriating.
The 18 year old athlete had been training for months, only to be blindsided by the decision to replace her with Roshibina Devi Naorem.