The loudest cheer for the Indian men’s hockey team during the Tokyo Olympics was not after a goal. It was after a save. A save that was no ...
The loudest cheer for the Indian men’s hockey team during the Tokyo Olympics was not after a goal. It was after a save. A save that was no less significant.
India led Germany 5-4 in the bronze medal playoff in Tokyo and with seconds left on the clock, the Germans had a Penalty Corner. Late goals had often broken Indian hockey fans’ hearts and even with seven seconds left to play, a first hockey medal at the Olympics was far from secured.
But PR Sreejesh was not going to let history repeat itself. He was there to make history. New history for Indian hockey. And he did just that. He saved the PC. It was the final one of many saves that bit by bit had brought Indian hockey that far in Tokyo and it was Sreejesh who made sure they got over the line. It had to be him, he had a promise to keep.
“This is the Olympics, go play your hearts out. Make mistakes, I’m there to save you,” was Sreejesh’s message to his teammates. He kept his word and how.
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