Speaking to Lusa news agency, António Monteiro said he was skeptical about getting podium places by the members of the Angola Mission, who will compete in the women's handball tournament and athletics, judo, sailing and swimming competitions.
The Olympic official acknowledged the lack of quality for these goals, especially due to the lack of implementation of the sport development programs, despite the good planning that he guaranteed to exist.
In addition to the 14 players of the handball team, Angola will be represented by swimmers Salvador Gordo (100 moth) and Catarina Sousa (swimming, 100 freestyle), by sailors Paixão Afonso and Matias Montinho (470), by judoka Diassonema Neidy (-57 kg ) and by sprinter Bee Miguel Aveni (100 meters).
António Monteiro defended a change in the current paradigm in national sport, to aspire to an Olympic 'metal', which he never achieved in the nine previous appearances in Moscow1980, Seoul1988, Barcelona1992, Atlanta1996, Sydney2000, Athens2004, Beijing2008, London2012 and Rio2016.
The Tokyo2020 Olympic Games will be played between Friday and August 8th, after a one-year postponement due to the covid-19 pandemic.
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