YOUTH and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali may well set a target for Indonesia to reach the top 40 in the medals table at the Tokyo Olympics currently underway. But a target of being among the 40 best of 197 participants in the global sports event should be based on more thorough preparations. If not, even this mediocre target would be unrealistic.

As of the end of last week, when most of Indonesia’s athletes had completed their events, the