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Kothajit, Chinglensana given rousing welcome
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 06 2014:
Hockey players Khadangbam Kothajit and Kangujam Chinglensan, who were part of the India team that won silver medal in men's Hockey in the just concluded XX Commonwealth Games-2014 held at Glasgow, Scotland were given a rousing welcome by Hockey Manipur, well-wishers and local people of the duo who garlanded on their arrival at Imphal International Airport here today.
People who gathered to receive them at the airport also blessed and wished them for more success in their future sporting career.
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Speaking to media persons and drawing the attention of the people, Olympian Kothajit said that younger Hockey players of the state may become popular players if they play the game with heart and soul.
So, each and every player should try hard to achieve their goal, he exhorted.
Kothajit observed that despite losing the match to Australia in the final, Indian Hockey team had performed much better during the final match.
It may be recalled here that Australia is the world no.I in ranking in hockey and India lost to Australia in the final by 4-0 goals.
Kothajit fuether said, "We also faced much hardship while clashing with Australia which has been playing hockey for the last many years without any changes and break up in their team" .
Chinglensana expressed happiness over the warm welcome accorded to them and said, "We have shown good performance in the final match and I believed that we two might be selected for the upcoming Asian Games as well" .
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