Indian Women’s Hockey Team To Tour Argentina With Eye On Tokyo Olympics

Just after just about a yr considering the fact that they last played an international match, the Indian women’s hockey team will travel to Argentina for their very first tour of the Olympic yr 2021. The team is scheduled to leave on January 3 from the national money and will be competing in eight matches against the host nation, commencing from January 17. Hockey India, in a assertion, reported that the complete main team of 25 players and 7 guidance workers will be travelling for the Tour of Argentina. This will be the very first time the Indian hockey team planning for the Olympic Online games has obtained govt sanction to travel for an international assignment immediately after the coronavirus pandemic hit and halted all national and international competitions all-around the environment abruptly.

The Indian women’s team last participated in an international tour in January 2020 when they travelled to New Zealand for a five-match collection. They played the two the New Zealand and Terrific Britain gals in the 5-match collection and were being victorious in 3 of the 5 matches that they played.

Hockey India reported in excess of the previous months, it has been meticulously setting up, in coordination with a number of international locations to ensure international competitions for the Indian groups as component of their preparations for the Tokyo Olympic Online games, which were being postponed from July 2020 to July 2021.

“I am happy that immediately after just one yr we are ready to enjoy international matches. This tour will give us facts for the future move to be made in our preparations for the Tokyo Olympic Online games. I want to thank Hockey India for their initiatives to make this possible and thank SAI for their brief reaction,” Chief Mentor Sjoerd Marijne reported in a assertion.

Hockey India and the host national association have planned to generate a bio bubble in Argentina for the two the Argentine and India players.

“The Indian women’s team will be remaining in a lodge wherever a provision to have individual rooms/halls for the team for all the foods, team conferences, periods, etc have been made. The lodging will be on twin sharing foundation, wherever the place sharing companions will continue to be exact same throughout the tour who will also be exact same even in situation of the seating arrangement in the team mentor/bus, this has been planned meticulously holding in thoughts all important needs,” Hockey India reported.

“The team associates will not be relocating out of the bubble and assembly any 3rd-social gathering resource as even while travelling to the match/teaching venue the team will be travelling in a devoted transport which will only take upto 80 for every cent ability. The local means along with the team eg. Crew bus/mentor, drivers, guidance workers will all continue to be the exact same throughout the tour to steer clear of any lapses in any way possible. There will be no motion for associates to transfer out of the lodge other than for teaching & match days,” it additional.

Rani Rampal, captain of the Indian Women’s Hockey Crew, expressed her gratitude in the direction of Hockey India and Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) for organising the tour while holding in thoughts the security of players.

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“This tour has been planned very meticulously holding in thoughts the security of players and we are certainly grateful to Hockey India and SAI for guaranteeing we resume opposition regardless of the ongoing pandemic. We have a very little in excess of two hundred days prior to we arrive in Tokyo for the Olympic Online games in July 2021 and it was very essential to enjoy matches against a strong team like Argentina. The team is definitely enthusiastic for this chance and has been keenly seeking forward to this tour, this exposure will make us have an understanding of the stage we are at immediately after just about a five-month extensive national coaching camp in Bengaluru,” stated Rani.

The full Indian contingent will undertake a Covid-19 RT-PCR Exam seventy two hrs prior to their departure. Though there is no necessity of quarantine on arrival in Argentina, the team will still be subsequent all security and well being measures as encouraged by the respective governments of India and Argentina.