A first Fathers Day and a visit from a gold medal winning captain - Adam Dixon, Team GB Hockey

Destination Tokyo

English - June 21, 2021 06:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB
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Adam Dixon is the GB men's hockey captain heading to his second Olympic Games. He's had the difficult job of guiding the team through lockdown and keeping the squad together through this unprecedented 16 months. He's also got married and become a dad.

We met up at the Team GB Kitting Out to talk about the final preparation and the hopes for the Tokyo Games. And he reveals how the Gold medal winning hockey captain from 1988 paid a visit to the squad.

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