Paris — Welcome to Olympic hockey, one of four sports at these Games which run throughout the two-week extravaganza with just two gold medals on offer.
The Olympics is simply like no other. “They have some magic,” Argentina’s Olympic flagbearer Rocio Sanchez Moccia said on Friday. “Do not ask me why, but you can feel it.”
The stadia, the lights, the four-year programme build-up, selection worries and career-defining fortnights. And on the biggest stage nothing is certain.
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