5Photo© hindustantimes.comFormer Indian Women's Hockey Team Captain Rani Rampal Announces Retirement
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Former Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal announced her retirement on Thursday, ending a glittering 16-year career during which she became an inspiration for her phenomenal rise from a small town in Haryana where her father worked as a cart-puller.
The-29-year-old will sign off as one of India's most decorated hockey players after leading the women's team to its best-ever finish at the Olympics -- a fourth place at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
"It's been an outstanding journey. I never thought I will play for so long for India. I have seen a lot of poverty from childhood but focus was always to do something, represent the country," she told reporters in a press conference.
“ My fondest memory (of my career) is the Tokyo Olympics when we beat Australia in the quarterfinals, that was the first time when the women’s team finished in the top four,
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Indian women’s hockey legend Rani Rampal calls curtains on historic…