New Delhi: The bronze medal was won by the Indian men’s hockey team after the 41-year-old gap would encourage parents to allow their children to take hockey and reach Glory, Sreejesh pr Sreejesh goalkeeper said on Monday.
Indian Indian Hockey team beat Germany 5-4 in the playoffs to win a bronze medal, their first medal after gold at the Moscow Olympics.
India, the most successful country in a man hockey with eight gold medals, has lost glory days because the team failed to make him semi-finals after 1980.
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https://t.co/al9vpony5- Hockey India (@TheHOneDeyIndia) 1628519527000Speaking exclusively for IANS on Monday after the function organized by the Ministry of Sports Tokyo Olympics, said Sreejesh that after this medal, parents now Will see the future for their children in hockey.
“We have won medals, we have proven to the world that we can win.
The family will now think that their child must also play the same sport.
As we have won medals, they can also win a medal someday.
Parents will do so think That if their child plays hockey, he can also win a medal and achieve success in his life, “India’s top goalkeeper said.
Tokyo is the third Olympics for Sreejesh, who works as head of sports organizers with the Government of the Ministry of Public Education and Higher Kerala.
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https://t.co/jyjkbpgxa India (@TheHockeyIndia) 1628523744000the aged 33 years said the challenge for the current team is to maintain the same level of performance and win more medals.
“The challenge is in every sport, you play a test cricket or participate in the Olympics, you always have to play to win.
Now we have won this medal, we need to maintain the same level of performance.” Sreejesh said that even though cricket became the most popular sport in this country, Hockey never came out of the mind of people.
“Among other things, our performance goes down and therefore people don’t hear much about hockey.
But now we have won this medal, every Indian talks about hockey,” he said.