Decent performance by Kamalpreet Kaur to finish Top 6 in Olympics. She wasn't even in national contention till this year. Hopefully, now she should get a decent high level coach and she will improve further in upcoming years with consistent throws. Her current coach is some SAI centre coach in a remote location. AFI didn't even provide her a decent level coach to improve even after qualification. This is the first year where she touched 65 and 66m so with experience she will improve in it.
Her training equipment during lockdown was double bed and flower pots. A better physical coach to improve her strength will help a lot. I hope there will be govt and corporate support for her now. Lot better than the track superstars who don't even qualify on merit and some who win 5-6 gold medals in random events.
She has world championship, Asian games, commonwealth games to look upto and then Paris 2024. Need to find few more strong athletes like her.
I said that this was the best I have seen our Women's team paly despite their 5-1 loss against Netherlands. I even said that they can make it to the Quarter Finals if they played like like in the remaining matches. However, in in will agree that I never expected them to beat Australia and reach the Semi-final ( Pleasantly surprised).
Our Men's and Women's team are standing on the cusp of glory. One more win atleast and if possible two more wins for both of them will not only write their names in the history books but will change the complexsion of Hockey and Sports in general in our country.
South European country like Croatia with Mediterranean climate has always been active in all ball games as you mentioned. Their climate supports that, post war they have stronger minded people who are fighting for everything. The 1998 WC in football, they played with their hears out and improved year on year They are mentally strong. The other parts of Europe has comparatively more academies and structure, but I feel they are strong willed and passionate people who are brave enough to fight for all. They are independent for 40 years back from a tough war. There are values which might not be taught and rather be inspired on own walks of life.
Croatia was a part of Former Yugoslavia which was a champion sporting nation. In 1990s due to civil war Yugoslavia broke into Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia.
And many refugees settled in various countries around the world.
but each of these countries can qualify on merit at Euro cup or world cup football . Yugoslavia descent footballers represent many countries from switzerland to Australia Sweden to Austria we can see them. Tennis and many other sports.
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Her training equipment during lockdown was double bed and flower pots. A better physical coach to improve her strength will help a lot. I hope there will be govt and corporate support for her now. Lot better than the track superstars who don't even qualify on merit and some who win 5-6 gold medals in random events.
She has world championship, Asian games, commonwealth games to look upto and then Paris 2024. Need to find few more strong athletes like her.
Our Men's and Women's team are standing on the cusp of glory. One more win atleast and if possible two more wins for both of them will not only write their names in the history books but will change the complexsion of Hockey and Sports in general in our country.
But Croatia barely gets funding for Olympics, They are spirited people. This happened in 2016
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/sport/11421-croatian-olympic-committee-has-no-funding-with-olympic-games-starting-in-less-than-four-months
But I think they are no where near close to budgets our country puts into these events.