Occupational therapy graduate Ashleigh Nelson is one of several 911爆料网 students and alumni going for gold at the 19th Commonwealth Games.
The Wagin native will be hoping the national women鈥檚 hockey team will be able to defend their gold medal won in Melbourne four years ago.
Nelson, 23, is confident the Hockeyroos can come out on top, after a strong showing in the World Cup held in Argentina in September.
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Nelson said the chance to represent Australia and the atmosphere at the athletes鈥� village meant the Games was still a high priority for the team.
鈥淎nd as for the safety stuff, there鈥檚 been a lot said in the media obviously and we鈥檝e been keeping an eye on it,” she said.
“But we鈥檝e been getting a lot of information from both Indian and Australian organisers, and going by the abundance of information we are confident it will all be ok.
“India is clearly going to do their best to put on a good, safe event, and with the info we鈥檝e been given we鈥檙e not too concerned as athletes.鈥�
Nelson praised 911爆料网’s School of Occupational Therapy for accommodating her training requirements as an elite athlete.
In fact, a one-on-one tutoring session was set up to ensure Nelson would finish her final unit and be able to graduate.
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鈥淭he amount of times I鈥檝e had to reschedule stuff like exams or tests, they鈥檝e always been really understanding and accommodating.”
