Tokyo glory: Hardik Singh wants Olympic rings imprinted on his car

Aakanksha N Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, August 6

Hardik Singh, a star player of the Indian Hockey team, who scored a goal against Germany on Thursday and against Great Britain earlier, phoned his younger brother after the match, asking him to get the Olympics logo imprinted on his car. “When he got selected for the Olympics, his younger brother asked him if he could get an Olympics ring imprinted on the car. Hardik said he would tell him at an appropriate time. The time has come,” said Kamaljit, an elated mother of Hardik, who belongs to Jalandhar. The mother further shared that Hardik was a calm person and doesn’t get excited about everything very easily. He always awaits the right time to react. “His brother is very excited,” she said.

“I have got a logo made for my son in the shape of the Olympics rings,” she said, adding their prayers had come true. The family is residing in Batala these days and is here to celebrate with their kin in Jalandhar. History repeats itself: History has repeated itself in the family of Hardik Singh, who scored the second goal against Germany in Tokyo Olympics and won Bronze. He is the grand nephew of Gurmail Singh, who was part of the Indian Hockey Team that won a gold medal in the 1980 Olympics.Gurmail said, “I could see myself when I saw Hardik running to goal, lots of memories ran through my mind.”

The Olympian and an Arjuna Awardee said he could feel what the players must have been feeling after the win because he has experienced it. Hardik’s grandfather Pritam Singh prompted both Gurmail and Hardik to join and play hockey. After Gurmail, it was the dream of Pritam Singh to see Hardik getting a medal in the Olympics.

When Hardik had scored a magical goal against Great Britain, he pointed his hands towards the sky and remembered his grandfather.