Hockey: National women's team qualify for first Asian Games since 1994

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Four years can feel like a lifetime for athletes, but the wait was made even sweeter for the national women’s hockey team on Tuesday (June 14), when they finished third at the 2022 Women’s Asian Games Qualifier in Jakarta. In 2017, they had narrowly missed out on...

Prior to the Women’s Hockey Asia Cup in January, the team’s last international competition was in 2020 before the pandemic put a stop to overseas tournaments.

Defender Gene Leck said: “Having almost qualified made us want it even more. It helped us know that we were that close to it and it’s that much achievable.” He said: “In some ways we gained in giving them exposure and finding out they are quality players, who are performing four years later.

 

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