Asian Games gold next target: Sreejesh

Fredericks presents ₹1 crore to the goalkeeper

As a junior with a hockey club in Thiruvananthapuram many years ago, goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh had gone to Kannur to play a tournament. Manuel Fredericks, then Kerala’s lone Olympic medallist with his hockey bronze at Munich 1972, had gone to meet the youngsters. “Fredericks had brought his medal to the ground...that was the first time, we saw an Olympic medal,” said Sreejesh in a function to fete him here on Thursday. This time Fredericks, also a goalkeeper, had a close look at Sreejesh’s hockey bronze which came in Tokyo. Fredericks had brought his bronze too and for the first time, Kerala had a look at its only two Olympic medals in history.