New Delhi: Olympic medal missing from the closet itself, Indian Hockey Great Dhanraj Pillay believes that the team that is very suitable for the next Tokyo match has what is needed to complete the podium and end the drought of medals that cannot.
Pillay, who represented India in four consecutive Olympics from 1992 to 2004, said that fitness was the main asset from the Manpreet LED team that entered the summer game which began on July 23 in Tokyo.
“I am very sure they will do it right now.
They have done it well in the last 5 years.
Fitness is their biggest asset.
At that time, we did not have the type of support system they have now,” The 52.
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“This team has done a miracle, won the hearts of millions of fans with their last performances, especially in the Champions Trophy (in 2016 and 2018) and the World League Final (2015 and 2017).
I know they can do this this time,” he added.
Cannot meet with the team personally because the tight Covid-19 protocol, Pillay has sent a letter to Manpreet and captain of the Rani women’s rampal, hoping the two luck teams and successes in Tokyo.
“Because I also in Bangalore, I would love to meet them directly but because of the protocol, I didn’t.
I sent them a letter that hoped they were the best and I wanted to tell them that they had to be careful with them.
Diet when they were In the Olympic Village.
“I want to tell them that they must enjoy the best part of their athletic life by being calm and relaxed,” he said.
“For the team of men and women, I want to say, I want to say, I want to say say, don’t think about the podium settlement.
Go match-by-match and paste together as a true unit until the last day, the last tournament match.
“Pillay suggested Tokyo’s two teams not thinking too far ahead.” I think the mistake we did at each Olympics was that we went with a series of thoughts for the final instead of taking it to match the match.
“Even though we have the best team every time, things don’t materialize for us to complete the podium,” he signed.