Garcia given Olympic lifeline
13 April 2012
Olympic gold medal winner Russell Garcia has been recalled to the Great Britain hockey squad after a four-year absence.
Garcia, 33, who failed a random drugs test for cocaine in 1999 and was banned for three months, has capped a remarkable turn around in fortunes by earning a place
in the squad for the Athens International tournament next week.
Garcia, player-coach of German club Gross Flottbeker, and Britain's mostcapped player, was brought back into the international set-up this month after coach Jason Lee threw him an Olympic lifeline.
