FIH Olympic Qualifiers: How India missed a golden alternative in shootouts in opposition to Germany
Indian gamers rejoice after they equal the rating 2-2 in opposition to Germany throughout the FIH Ladies’s Olympic Qualifiers match, at Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Astro Turf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. (PTI Photograph/Swapan Mahapatra)
A pall of gloom hung over the Jaipal Singh Stadium. The captain, Savita Punia, was inconsolable. The coach, Janneke Schopman, frowned. The group shocked into silence. Shattered that the primary probability to qualify for the Paris Olympics had slipped away after coming inside touching distance. “We performed so onerous… However it was not our day,” Savita stated, her voice quivering.
It was a kind of heavy-on-the-heart affair that’s turn into synonymous with the Indian males’s crew. The ladies, too, are following swimsuit. (Learn extra from Mihir Vasavda)