The Realization of Winning a Bronze Medal: A Latvian Hockey Player’s Perspective

The sixth player played his role in Riga and also in Tampere.

Although some time has passed since May 28, the realization that the world championship awards have been won has not come to everyone. Most likely, it won’t come for a while.

“At least for the hockey community and those who were lucky, including me, to be there – to participate in all of this – the realization will come sometime later. Last week I was mowing the grass at home and I said to myself: “Stand up, bronze medal in the world hockey championship!” Then it seemed , that someone is talking next to me. And it seems that everything is calming down, there have been both interviews and many meetings with fans in Mārupe and Engure, where people specially came to meet us, take a picture and ask for an autograph. People ask for something, and whether you like it or not, we need to talk a little, and then those emotions flare up again. When I came here, it seemed that I was used to it, but when you start talking and there is just the first question, everything comes back,” said Abols in a conversation with TVNET.

As for why the medals were won this year, there is no golden formula for Abol, it is a combination of many circumstances. All the pieces of the puzzle have been assembled successfully. The first coach who started talking about high goals in the Latvian national team was the previous team manager Bob Hartley. It was he who mentioned the word medals in the context of the Latvian national team…