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    Stacey Michelsen feels ready to depart the international hockey stage

    Stacey Michelsen feels ready to depart the international hockey stage


    The Black Sticks captain has confirmed Tokyo's Olympic Games was her swansong...ending a career spanning 296 matches.

    Michelsen says she had always earmarked Tokyo as her last Games and is happy to call it quits before next year's World Cup and Commonwealth Games.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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