The Indian males’s hockey staff captain Manpreeet Singh feels if his aspect continues with its present good kind, it has the potential to finish an over four-decade-long Olympic medal drought in Tokyo this 12 months.
India had gained final of their eight Olympic gold medals within the 1980 Moscow Olympics earlier than the staff endured a pointy slide in its fortunes.
But within the final couple of years, India have made regular progress.
“Firstly, it was good to be back playing international hockey after a long time. I’m very happy with the progress of the team over the last 18 months. If we continue to build on this, I am sure we can defeat any team,” Manpreet stated on the event of a 100-day countdown to the Tokyo Games, is scheduled to start on July 23.
The Indian staff lately obtained the higher of reigning Olympic champions Argentina within the FIH professional league in an away tie.
“The team spirit is high right now and as I said before, we should use every opportunity we get before the Tokyo Olympics to fine-tune our game,” Manpreet stated.
“The youngsters in the team have come a long way. I’m hoping this form continues and we put a much better display than what we’d managed in the Rio Olympics,” he added.
The Indian males’s hockey staff completed a disappointing eighth at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Like Manpreet, the Indian girls’s staff skipper Rani Rampal too is optimistic about a great present in Tokyo. The staff can be making a back-to-back Olympic Games look for the primary time within the historical past of the occasion.
“I am happy with the fight our team showed against wold no 2 Argentina and Germany earlier this year,” Rani stated in a launch issued by Hockey India.
“Of course, we’re disappointed to have not registered a win, but we have showed that we could hold our own against higher-ranked opponents. Since coming back from Germany, we have been working hard on our finishing and our technique.
“I feel we have come a long way from a tactical standpoint. I’m confident that once we convert these good performances into results, we will be in the mix for an Olympic medal too.” Hockey India has launched ‘Hockey te Charcha’, a particular podcast collection to relive the wonderful moments of Indian hockey by the voices of some iconic gamers.
The collection, in its first episode, featured a dialog with Harbinder Singh.
Hockey te Charcha will likely be a fortnightly collection within the lead as much as the Tokyo Games.
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