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Indian men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh is eager to win a gold medal in the upcoming Paris Olympics which will be a true honor for the country and the greats of the sport. Eight-time Olympic champions India ended a long wait of 41 years by winning a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The Harmanpreet-led team aims to win a gold medal at the Paris Olympics. India has so far won a total of 12 Olympic medals with eight gold, one silver and three bronze.
“We will do our best to carry forward our history and legacy,” Harmanpreet said at an event at Jio Cinemas. Winning a gold medal will be a real honor for India and our senior players.” Manpreet Singh, captain of the bronze medal-winning team at the Tokyo Olympics, also expressed similar thoughts. Manpreet said, “When I saw the tricolor on the right side, I thought that next time we can work harder and see our tricolor in between and then our national anthem as well.” This is the beginning of our journey.”
Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh said, “Someone is working hard to beat you. Thinking this I start working harder. Whenever I practice I think that I don’t want to disappoint the 1.4 billion people of my country.” The Indian team will begin its Olympic campaign against New Zealand on July 27. After this, the team will face Argentina on July 29. After that, India will face Ireland on July 30, Belgium on August 1 and Australia on August 2.
Indian Hockey Team for Paris Olympics
Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh
Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay
Midfielders: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad
Forwards: Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh
Alternates: Neelkant Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishna Bahadur Pathak.