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The Hindu | Shreedutta Chidananda | Bengaluru, July 20, 2016
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Next month, Kothajit and Chinglensana Singh will become Manipur’s first hockey players in the Olympics since Thoiba Singh in 1988. Indeed, with the pair of Sushila Chanu and Anuradha Devi in the women’s squad, the state is set for something of a bounty this time. “We were delighted when we heard about Sushila,” says Chinglensana. “It’s been a long wait for Manipur hockey.”
Roelant Oltmans, coach of the men’s team, cannot praise his two wards from the north-east highly enough. “They are so strong; just unbelievable,” he says, puffing his cheeks out. “Our scientific advisor loves to work with them, because the workload they can handle is immense. The second thing is they’re absolutely not selfish. These guys are team players. I always tell Chinglen: ‘Every coach in the world would love to work with you.’
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