Olympians neha

As Hockey India: As Hockey India celebrates 100 years of the sport, former India women’s team captain Pritam Siwach reflected on the remarkable journey of the Indian women’s hockey and credited the 1998 Asian Games silver medal as a major turning point.

“We knew that for many of us, the 1998 Asian Games would be our last major event and that we would retire after that. We hadn’t won a medal in 13 years and didn’t want to retire without one. So, for two years leading up to the Asian Games, we focused on every little detail to ensure we returned with a medal,” Pritam was quoted by Hockey India.

She went on to say, “As soon as we won that silver, we knew it was the turning point for women’s hockey in India. The graph has only gone upward since then.”