Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily - OrissaPOST
  • Home
  • Trending
  • State
  • Metro
  • National
  • International
  • Business
  • Feature
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • More..
    • Odisha Special
    • Editorial
    • Opinion
    • Careers
    • Sci-Tech
    • Timeout
    • Horoscope
    • Today’s Pic
  • Video
  • Epaper
  • News in Odia
  • Home
  • Trending
  • State
  • Metro
  • National
  • International
  • Business
  • Feature
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • More..
    • Odisha Special
    • Editorial
    • Opinion
    • Careers
    • Sci-Tech
    • Timeout
    • Horoscope
    • Today’s Pic
  • Video
  • Epaper
  • News in Odia
No Result
View All Result
OrissaPOST - Odisha Latest news, English Daily -
No Result
View All Result

We missed bronze, but won hearts: Women’s hockey team coach

IANS
Updated: August 9th, 2021, 11:08 IST
in Sports
0
Indian men hockey team - Asian Champions Trophy

Image: Tiwtter

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppShare on Linkedin

Bengaluru: The Indian women hockey team’s sterling performance at the Olympic Games has shown that the sport is still alive and kicking in the country, said assistant coach Ankitha B.S.

While the men’s hockey team won bronze, the women’s hockey team lost to Great Britain in the bronze medal play-off.

Also Read

DC’s Mukesh Kumar fined 10% of match fee for breaching Code of Conduct

7 hours ago

IPL 2025: Du Plessis opt to bowl against MI, Axar misses out due to illness

23 hours ago

“Now everyone is talking about hockey. In India, the talk surrounds only cricket. But after this event, each household is talking about hockey. Being a hockey player, coach I can say the marvellous performance by the women’s team has shown the world that hockey is still alive,” Ankitha told IANS Sunday night.

“We might not have won a medal, but surely we have won hearts.”

The Indian women’s hockey team began badly but raised its level towards the end of the group stages and made it to the last four after defeating world No. 2 Australia in quarter-finals.

However, it lost to Argentina in the semis and then Great Britain in the third place play-off.

“After the defeat in the final stages, it was emotional for all coaches, supporting staff as well as players. We knew that what we had to achieve, we achieved. Opposition team players from Argentina and the United Kingdom, came back to our players after seeing them crying their hearts out after the loss,” added Ankitha.

“Being on the winning side, they told our girls that we have done well. The British team had initially thought the match against India would be a cakewalk. After the game, they described the performance of Indian women’s hockey team as ‘really amazing’ and they complimented by saying ‘great job’,” Ankitha recalled.

After three defeats, each player was determined to prove herself.

“They were self-motivated and we encouraged them,” she said.

Ankitha, a long distance runner-turned-hockey player and coach hails from Karnataka. She became a national team coach on January 4, 2020. She has been working with the women’s national hockey team since then.

“My parents Suresh B.A., Dharmavathi encouraged my dreams as an athlete at the age of five. Now, I am well supported by husband Honnampadi Suresh Kushalappa. Time has arrived for girls to fight the odds and achieve. It is the duty of parents and husbands to support them,” Ankitha said.

Tags: Ankitha B.SOlympic GamesWomen's Hockey
ShareTweetSendShare
Suggest A Correction

Enter your email to get our daily news in your inbox.

 

OrissaPOST epaper Sunday POST OrissaPOST epaper

Click Here: Plastic Free Odisha

#MyPaperBagChallenge

Pratyasharani Ghibela

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Adyasha Priyadarsani Sendha

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Amritansh Mishra

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Aishwarya Ranjan Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Arya Ayushman

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Archana Parida

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Shreyanshu Bal

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Chinmay Kumar Routray

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Lopali Pattnaik

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Vandana Singh

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Rajashree Manasa Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Parbati Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Archit Mohapatra

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Adweeti Bhattacharya

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Priyabrata Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Akshaya Kumar Dash

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Ankita Balabantray

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Anshuman Sahoo

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Faiza Firdous

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Swarit Praharaj

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Bijswajit Pradhan

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Debasis Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Spinoj Pattnaik

December 12, 2019
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Dibya Ranjan Das

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Akriti Negi

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Aman Kumar Barisal

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Subhajyoti Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Nishikant Rout

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Sitakanta Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Priyasha Pradhan

December 12, 2019

Archives

Editorial

Super Sunday Polls

May 21, 2025

It is not without reason that Sunday, 18 May, was regarded as an electoral “Super Sunday” when millions of voters...

Read more

Nation First

Col Sofiya Qureshi
May 20, 2025

After a laudable show of unity by the Indian government and the Opposition on the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on...

Read more

Need of the Hour

Putin Zelenskyy
May 19, 2025

The first direct parleys between Russia and Ukraine in three years should have been a watershed moment in the ongoing...

Read more

Global Power Shift

Aakar Patel
May 18, 2025

The historian Max Hastings described the Second World War as primarily the death grapple between two gargantuan monsters — Adolf...

Read more
  • Home
  • State
  • Metro
  • National
  • International
  • Business
  • Editorial
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
Developed By Ratna Technology

© 2024 All rights Reserved by OrissaPOST

  • News in Odia
  • Orissa POST Epaper
  • Video
  • Home
  • Trending
  • Metro
  • State
  • Odisha Special
  • National
  • International
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Horoscope
  • Careers
  • Feature
  • Today’s Pic
  • Opinion
  • Sci-Tech
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs

© 2024 All rights Reserved by OrissaPOST

    • News in Odia
    • Orissa POST Epaper
    • Video
    • Home
    • Trending
    • Metro
    • State
    • Odisha Special
    • National
    • International
    • Sports
    • Business
    • Editorial
    • Entertainment
    • Horoscope
    • Careers
    • Feature
    • Today’s Pic
    • Opinion
    • Sci-Tech
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Jobs

    © 2024 All rights Reserved by OrissaPOST