Olympic bronze medal-winning forward Abhishek took up hockey to escape from studies and has never regretted it as it has given him everything. “I started hockey when I was 11 or 12. A friend used to travel a lot every month to play hockey. I never had the patience to sit and study, so when I saw my friend hardly attending classes because of his hockey engagements, I thought I too could do the same if I started playing the sport,” Abhishek, 25, who was a vital part of India’s Paris Olympics bronze medal-winning show, told PTI.

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