Tokyo Olympics: India Men’s Hockey Team Olympic Medallists, Will Try To Make Winning A Habit, Says Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh

Tokyo Olympics: India Men’s Hockey Team Olympic Medallists, Will Try To Make Winning A Habit, Says Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh

PR Sreejesh was the goalkeeper of India men’s hockey staff that received bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics.© PR Sreejesh/Instagram

India men’s hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on Monday said that the bronze medal acquire at the Tokyo Olympics can be seen as the “rebirth of Indian hockey”. “Regrettably, we could not reach the finals, but we managed to acquire bronze, I really feel this is a rebirth of Indian hockey. Certainly, we normally enjoy to acquire. We are Olympic medallists now and from now on, we will test to make winning a behavior. We have to qualify for the up coming Olympics so the up coming Asian Games would be crucial. We would host the up coming Earth Cup, so we will like to do nicely there as nicely,” Sreejesh instructed ANI.

The Indian men’s hockey staff, which finished a 41-yr medal drought by clinching a bronze medal in Tokyo, rose to third in the Intercontinental Hockey Federation (FIH) Earth Rankings, at the rear of Belgium and Australia, respectively.

In advance of this feat, the Manpreet Singh-led side’s career-large rating was No.four, which they accomplished in March 2020 on the back again of their scintillating performances in the initially 3 rounds of the next edition of FIH Hockey Professional League 2020.

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Manpreet and Co. finished next in Pool A winning four out of five team stage matches and defeated Good Britain 3-one in Quarter-Remaining ahead of getting rid of five-2 from Belgium in their historic Semi-Remaining.

However, they staged a remarkable comeback to seize a five-four acquire in excess of Germany to clinch a historic Bronze medal at Olympic Games and as end result climbed up to their greatest-at any time planet rating.

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