Savita with the Indian ladies’s hockey staff (Twitter)
After ending third on the Asian Games, Indian ladies’s hockey staff get golden likelihood to qualify for Olympics 2024 as Women’s qualifiers shifted to Ranchi.
The Indian ladies’s hockey staff failed to guide an automated berth for the 2024 Paris Olympics after ending third within the Hangzhou Asian Games however it is going to get one other likelihood to make the minimize because the nation is internet hosting the qualifying match in Ranchi subsequent 12 months.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has moved the Women’s Olympic Qualifiers to Ranchi from Changzhou in China which earned a direct Paris Games berth by successful the Asian Games gold in Hangzhou earlier this month.
The Paris Olympics qualifying match shall be held at Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh AstroTurf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi, Jharkhand, from January 13 to 19 subsequent 12 months.
Apart from India, seven international locations will participate within the qualifying match from which the highest three will verify their berth in subsequent 12 months’s Olympics.
The different three FIH Olympic Qualifiers shall be performed in Muscat, Oman (males’s: January 15-21, 2024) and Valencia, Spain (ladies’s and males’s: January 13-21, 2024).
India had misplaced 0-4 to hosts China within the Hangzhou Asian Games ladies’s hockey semifinals and ultimately settled for a bronze medal after beating Japan 2-1.
Speaking about Ranchi internet hosting the Olympic Qualifiers, Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey mentioned, “This is a huge event for our players, and we are thrilled that it will take place on our home turf as the support from Indian fans will undoubtedly fuel our players’ determination to secure their spot in the Paris 2024 Olympics.”
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Indian staff captain Savita Punia mentioned, “Ranchi hosting the Olympic Qualifiers is fantastic news as it will motivate us more than ever to seal a berth for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the presence of all the Indian hockey fans who have been supporting us through thick and thin.”
The Indian staff clinched the bronze medal within the just lately-concluded nineteenth Asian Games Hangzhou after a 2-1 overcome Japan and the victory has boosted their confidence as they give the impression of being to safe a spot within the Paris Olympics.
Ahead of the Olympic Qualifiers, the Indian staff shall be enjoying on the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy in Ranchi from October 27 to November 5. The dwelling staff is ready to face Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand within the match, which can assist them put together for the Paris Olympics Qualifiers.
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