Drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur to reach Amritsar on August 11
Indian women's hockey team player and drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur will reach Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Amritsar, at 6 am on August 11.
The Indian women hockey team had lost to Great Britain in the bronze medal match and finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which concluded on Sunday.
Though residents of star drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur's Miadia Kalan village in Ajnala tehsil were heartbroken after the team’s defeat, they felt proud of their daughter for making the obscure village famous and hogging the limelight at the international level.
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Parminder Kaur, who coached her at Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, said, “Gurjit’s feat will now inspire many young girls to pick up a hockey stick. There are going to be many Gurjits now. Women hockey is in for a revival with Gurjit at the centre of it.”
Notably, Gurjit's drag-flicking expertise didn't happen overnight, though. The instincts and skills she had were honed by coach Sjoerd Marijne and a spell with drag-flick specialist coach Toon Siepman in 2017.
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Gurjit Kaur is the strength of the Indian women's hockey defense line. She is just 25-year- old, who got her permanent seat in the national team in 2017. She has struggled from the initial stage of her life. She studied in a boarding school 70 km away from home, but her passion for hockey earned her a spot in a government school with free education and meals.
-PTC News
