Games-From barefoot hockey to Asian Games, India's Lalremsiami chases golden dream从赤脚曲棍球到亚运会,印度选手拉尔雷姆西亚米追逐着他的金牌梦想
BENGALURU, Sept 14 (Reuters) - When an 11-year-old Lalremsiami Hmarzote told her parents she wanted to leave home to take up a place at one of India's top hockey academies, she first had to explain to them what the sport was.

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Hockey - Women - Semifinal - Argentina v India - Oi Hockey Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 4, 2021. Lalremsiami of India in action. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo
BENGALURU, Sept 14 (Reuters) - When an 11-year-old Lalremsiami Hmarzote told her parents she wanted to leave home to take up a place at one of India's top hockey academies, she first had to explain to them what the sport was.
Less than a decade later, Lalremsiami would become the first female Olympian and the first Asian Gamesmedallist from the northeastern state of Mizoram.
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资料照片:2020年东京奥运会女子曲棍球半决赛,阿根廷对阵印度,日本东京大井曲棍球场,2021年8月4日。印度选手拉尔雷姆西亚米比赛。路透社/伯纳黛特·萨博/资料照片
班加罗尔,9 月 14 日(路透社)——当 11 岁的拉尔雷姆西亚米·赫马尔佐特告诉父母她想离开家去印度顶尖的曲棍球学院之一学习时,她首先不得不向他们解释这项运动是什么。
不到十年后,拉尔雷姆西亚米就成为了东北部米佐拉姆邦第一位女奥运选手和第一位亚运会奖牌获得者。
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