Saturday, February 25, 2012

Indian hockey girls go out fighting in Olympics qualifier finals

Indian Women hockey team go down fighting in the Olympic qualifier finals for London Olympics. I am really sad for the girls, they fought their heart out. Really really sad. Can't just see the tears of these girls. They fought their heart out. The girls are really skilled. They fought like anything. The only difference that between the south African team and the Indian team is the preparation.

 We could not win just because we were under prepared. The South African had their strategy set. They were never tiring out.

I am really sad for the girls because today its not the Hockey playing, hard fighting girls who lost. They came out winners. But its India that failed. We failed these girls. We failed to support them, we failed to provide for their preparation.

Really really sad day in my life. We lost even after we had talented players. Rani Rampal, Ritu Rani, Anuradha Tochkom. The  blocks we were doing in defence, the interceptions done by Joydeep. The runs of Vandana, Soundarya, Sushila. Really really sad to see these girls loose.  In fact I felt our girls were more talented than the South Africans. We were simply under trained, under prepared. Poor things. They are simply born in a male dominated that too cricket crazy country, that remembers them only once in 4 years. They are like 29th February.


We failed our girls. They still fought and got to the finals. South Africa had already qualified in the African pool and they came here only because their pool was not that tough, they believe. At the same time, we don't even think about our women's team.

Really really sad for these girls. Well done girls. You gave your best. We did not. We never gave you our best.

Congratz South Africa! Good Try Indian women hockey team.

Happy Birthday Sushila Chanu. Really sorry for you girl. You tried your best.

Better luck next time Indian gals. We know you will do it next time.

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