The game’s over

Past record: Gold at the 2002 C’wealth Games; Gold at the 2003 C’wealth Boxing meet; Silver at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games Olympic h...

Past record: Gold at the 2002 C’wealth Games; Gold at the 2003 C’wealth Boxing meet; Silver at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games

Olympic history: Never qualified

Why he didn’t get the ticket: The pugilists got three chances to qualify for the Games — Philippines, China and Pakistan — but Qamar failed in all of them

What about Beijing: I was in the camp for the Sydney Games in 2000 and have now failed to make it to Athens. So Beijing seems to be a distant dream. I am not thinking about it much

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A word for the qualifiers: Jitender Kumar is experienced and stands a good chance to win a medal. Akhil Kumar too is young and spirited. The rest depends on the kind of draw they get. The Cuban coach (B I Fernandez) has trained them well in the mental aspect of the game and I am hoping for a good performance

— (Ateet Sharma)

QAMARSPEAK

It was a case of so near yet so far for me. Every sportsperson dreams to be at the Olympics at some point during his career. My dream lies shattered. It was very depressing the way I was given a raw deal in Pakistan. We couldn’t protest as it would have spoiled the chances of other potential qualifiers from our team

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