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Mukesh Tandon
Tribune Information Service
Sonepat, August 3
Neha Goyal, 25, a midfielder within the Indian girls hockey group, has coated her approach from a “poisonous” environment at her residence to Tokyo Olympics by going through a lifetime of intense battle and hardships.
“Pritam Siwach, Arjuna awardee, who runs a hockey academy right here, noticed her when she was solely 9,” mentioned Monika, elder sister of Neha. “Our monetary situation was not good and our father was not dwelling with us. That’s why we couldn’t afford her sports activities equipment and different tools.”
Our father used to drink lots and used abusive language when he got here residence, mentioned Monika. He handed away 4 years in the past, with solely our mom Savitri Devi taking good care of all three sisters, she mentioned.
“We’ve our personal home in solely 30 sq m land. It obtained broken and we had no cash for its restore. So, we went to stay in a rented single room within the industrial space,” she added.
Our mom has fulfilled all our fundamental wants by working in a foam manufacturing facility. Monika mentioned Neha had began supporting the household now and had additionally purchased the adjoining home.
In the meantime, Pritam gave her sports activities sneakers, uniform and hockey stick. He mentioned she labored laborious and cemented her place within the hockey group, which created historical past, making it a proud second for our academy, the place round 150 ladies have been taking part in presently.
