Till last year, forwards Shivendra Kumar and SV Sunil didn\u2019t think they\u2019d be playing hockey again, leave alone dream of playing at the Olympics, writes The DNA, adding that Shivendra, who severely injured his left collar bone during the senior national championship in Bhopal last year, is one of them. <\/p>\n
The striker, who faced a career-threatening injury in July last year, was told by doctors that a comeback would be anything but possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a major blow to my career. The injury was severe and the worst happened when initially the doctors couldn\u2019t detect the intensity of the injury. My collar bone was broken and initially, it didn\u2019t get the right treatment,\u201d recalled Shiva, as he is fondly called by his teammates.<\/p>\n
After consulting doctors, Shivendra finally got the right treatment and his bone was corrected properly. \u201cBut it wasn\u2019t easy even after the treatment. I lost strength and couldn\u2019t hit the ball properly with my left hand. It was a difficult phase and it was only because of my love and passion for the sport that I returned to the team. I was told by my doctors that I wouldn\u2019t be able to play hockey again, but my family was behind me and here I am,\u201d said Shivendra.<\/p>\n
Similarly recalls that in 2009, his right knee got hurt while playing. \u201cIt was a rare injury and the doctors couldn\u2019t detect the root problem. I was doing well before the injury and was there in the FIH World Cup probables. But the injury kept me away from the trials and I couldn\u2019t play the World Cup,\u201d Sunil said, according to DNA..<\/p>\n
Meanwhile sixth-seeded duo of Jwala Gutta and V Diju entered the mixed dou-bles quarterfinals of the Singapore Open Super Series badminton defeating Malaysian duo of Aik Quan Tan and Pei Jing Lai 21-15 21-15 on Thursday. In women\u2019s doubles, Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa lost to Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii 15-21 20-22. In men\u2019s singles, Ajay Jayaram lost 15-21 14-21 to Tien Minh Nguyen of Vietnam.<\/p>\n
According to media reports, Aditya Mehta won the pre-quarterfinal match at the KENCES\u2013ASCA International Invitation Snooker Championship, Chennai. He beat Divya Sharma of Haryana 4-0.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile India\u2019s Harwant Kaur finished third in the women\u2019s discus throw at the Moscow Cham-pionship in Moskva (Russia) on Wednesday. Harwant came up with a season best 58.32m but fell short of the Olympic B grade qualification mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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