Bengaluru: Ahead of the departure of the Indian men’s hockey team for Tokyo, their main coach Graham Reid said on Saturday that the children worked very hard for “right now” and it was time to change “sacrifice to the desired result” at the Olympics.
Indian men and women’s hockey teams will leave for Tokyo on Saturday night from New Delhi along with athletes and support staff from six other disciplines.
“This team is really excited.
They have all worked very hard for now and now it’s time to change the sacrifices made over the past few months and years are the desired results in Tokyo.
As always I say, our goal is to Perform the best hockey matches.
The team is mentally ready to face challenges inside and outside the field in Tokyo, “Reid said.
The man’s team will start their campaign on July 24 when they bring New Zealand in their first pool of matches.
The second match they will fight Australia on July 25, followed by the match against Spain (July 27), the Argentine Olympic champion (July 29) and accommodated Japan (July 30).
“When we departed from Bengaluru, we were filled with gratitude to the staff in Sai (Sports Indian Authority) Bengaluru and Indian Hockey which ensured that we had everything needed in the last 15 months during training in bio-bubbles,” Reid added.
Indian women’s head coach Sjoerd Marijne said, “It was quite emotional for us when we had our last training session yesterday (July 16) in Sai, Bengaluru.
This group is really special.
They are very strong mental and I believe this will be wrong One of our assets when we took a big team in Tokyo.
We are preparing for challenges.
“The woman’s team, playing their second consecutive Olympics, will start their campaign against the number 1 side of the Dutch world in the July 24 swimming pool.
The side of the ramp-LED RANI will take place in Germany July 26 followed by the match against the United Kingdom (July 28) and Ireland (July 30).
Their last league match will fight South Africa on July 31.
“I think one of the first big challenges for the team upon arrival in Tokyo will be acclimatized because Bengaluru’s weather is very pleasant in the past few weeks.
Even though we are mostly trained in the afternoon to work under the sun, the weather Tokyo will be moist and challenging.
Don’t care about obstacles What we might face, the team is optimistic to have a good tournament, “Marijne said.