New Delhi: Maju Shamsher Singh on Monday said the Olympic bronze medal only marked a new box at the beginning of the Indian men’s hockey team, who aspired to become the world number one world.
The men’s hockey team produced a performance that inspired the Tokyo match, where he rose to Germany 5-4 to claim bronze medals, the first country in sports in 41 years.
“We still have many targets to be achieved as a team.
We have marked the target to win the Olympic medal but we have tried to be the best side of the world in the past few years,” Shamsher said as quoted in the release of Indian hockey.
“We will provide everything we have in every match that we play in the future, especially in large tournaments such as Pro League FIH , “he added.
Shamsher said the Tokyo Olympics will always hold a special place “in my heart”.
“I was very fortunate to be part of the Olympic bronze medal winning team at the early stages of my career.
I also knew that this was only the beginning for us as a team.” We have confidence that we can do it even.
Better in the future and we will work towards our destination in the coming years.
“Ask what one thing that helped the Indian team to make history in Tokyo, Shammsher said,” It is our attitude that never dies on the field in the field.
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“” Even when we were behind in the match against Germany, we never stopped believing in our chances and kept looking to make a scoring opportunity.
“We know that if we continue to pressure the opposition, we will be on the party who won in the end and that was what eventually happened,” said the 24-year-old player.