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Hockey India League: From losing vision to winning Olympic gold – Jip Janssen’s inspirational story | Hockey News

Hockey India League: From losing vision to winning Olympic gold – Jip Janssen’s inspirational story | Hockey News

Late in the match against UP Rudras, Tamil Dragons’ star defender and drag-flicker Jip Janssen was hit on his left rib by the ball. There was immediate concern from everyone on the field, and the Dutchman missed the end of that match. In the post-match interview, his teammate Tom Craig revealed that Janssen had been taken to hospital. The team was worried about what could have been a serious blow to their main man. But when the Dragons stepped out for their next match three days later, the gold medallist from the Paris Olympics was good to go. What’s more, he scored a hat-trick from penalty corners in a 6-5 win against Gonasika. Janssen is no stranger to recovering from big setbacks. A few months before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he had suffered a blow to his eye during a Dutch league match, playing for SV Kampong. “When I got hit by a ball in the eye, I lost my vision for a couple of weeks,” Janssen told The Indian Express. “I needed to sleep …