BBC commentator is visibly upset and chokes back tears on live TV after Team GB’s Paris Olympics heartbreak
KATE RICHARDSON-WALSH had to choke back tears after watching Team GB’s exit from the hockey.
The Brits were knocked out in the quarter-finals by India following a penalty shootout at the Paris Olympics.
Team GB fought back from a goal down despite having a man advantage.
The India team saw Amit Rohidas dismissed after he hit Will Calnan in the head with his stick.
In the shootout, both sides scored their first two, but Team GB missed two in a row as they exited the competition.
Fans loved watching the shootout and even insisted that football should take note.
However, afterwards, former hockey star Richardson-Walsh was visibly emotional when talking about the defeat for the world no.2 side.
She could be seen with watery eyes as she tried to analyse the performance.
Speaking on the BBC, she said: “I am devastated for the Team GB men.
“It is really hard to break that deep set defence down, and I think with India losing that man, it became so hard to break down.
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“It just seemed to get harder and harder.
“They would have practised this, but the reality of it, in the quarter-final of the Olympics, they weren’t able to do it on the day.
“I think they will need to do some grieving as this will be really hard but they are on the right path and on the right journey.
“I have been there, I know what they have done to get here and we were so desperate for them to go out an deliver.
“They are capable of being Olympic medalists but they will have to wait for LA in four years time which seems a long way away.”
It is not the only tears to be shed for Team GB as sprinter Dina Asher-Smith was watery-eyed after being asked about her 100m exit.
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