The red eyes have it
- 25 Mar 06, 03:53 AM
I have been lured back to the hockey, to sit in sizzling 32 degrees of sun and watch the England women come through a nail-biting match with New Zealand to take bronze. Steeling their nerves after 70 minutes of tense play in this blistering heat cannot have been easy but England came through on penalties thanks to two saves from goalkeeper Carolyn Reid. The 33-year-old revealed the secret of her shot-stopping skills - red contact lenses. Stupidly, I had assumed she was being patriotic by wearing red for England but apparently they have been designed by Nike to take away the glare from the sun. Reid, who is competing in her third Games, believes New Zealand's players could have missed their shots for another reason too: "The lenses make me look like the devil!"
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