Neha Goyal started playing hockey to escape a difficult life at home. Now she's about to play for India at the Tokyo Olympics.
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00:00My father used to drink a lot.
00:02We used to cry a lot, the three of us,
00:04that you hit your mother.
00:06This is my first time.
00:08I am very excited.
00:10It's the first Olympics.
00:24Whenever we used to come home,
00:26there used to be a lot of fights between mom and dad.
00:28Sometimes they didn't even come home
00:30for a year or two.
00:40Mom took care of us alone.
00:42It's been four years
00:44since my father passed away.
00:46Mom took care of the three sisters
00:48by herself.
00:50At that time, there was nothing at home.
00:52There used to be a lot of problems
00:54in food,
00:56clothes, etc.
01:20Mom used to scold me,
01:22asking why I wasn't playing.
01:24I told her that my shoes
01:26were torn from the bottom
01:28and I couldn't run.
01:40She saw that the ball was very big
01:42and her husband,
01:44Kudip Sivaj,
01:46went to the half-time
01:48and got shoes for me.
02:00The family that I came from,
02:02my mother,
02:04everyone told me
02:06not to go, not to send.
02:08That someone will take her away.
02:10If our parents support us,
02:12the child automatically goes up.
02:14Just keep working hard.
02:16If we don't get anything,
02:18we shouldn't give up hard work.
02:26I am very excited.
02:28It feels good that I have
02:30taken care of my family,
02:32married my sister,
02:34and got a job.
02:36Mom is happy
02:38because of me.
02:46This is my first Olympics.
02:48I am very excited.
02:50I just want a medal
02:52in my heart.