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Lakra scripts powerful comeback story
Orissa POST
|May 06, 2025
The 24-year-old defender from Sundargarh makes his return to senior hockey national camp
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For Pratap Lakra, the path to the Indian senior men’s hockey camp has been anything but linear.
The 24-year-old defender from Sundargarh, Odisha - a district known for producing hockey stalwarts - has scripted a powerful comeback story after his career derailed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lakra is only one of the two new faces in the ongoing senior national camp, which is a testament to his grit and resurgence. The call-up follows a standout performance at the 15th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2025, where he played a key role in taking Madhya Pradesh to a Silver-medal finish.
“It was not easy to come back after the lockdown,” Lakra reflects. “I lost fitness and momentum. For a while, it felt like everything I'd worked for was slipping away. But I didn’t give up - I kept training, kept showing up.”
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