New Delhi, September 09, 2021: Indian men’s team forward Dilpreet Singh believes that the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics is a new beginning for the Indian hockey. The Indian team had ended a 41-year-old long wait for an Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games last month.
- Olympic bronze medal is a new beginning for Indian hockey, says Dilpreet Singh
- Indian team had ended a 41-year-old long wait for an Olympic medal at Tokyo
- We never let any difficulties during the pandemic affect our morale, says Dilpreet
According to the reports published in indiatoday.in The Indian men’s team had ended a 41-year-old long wait for an Olympic medal when it clinched bronze at the Tokyo Games last month.
Dilpreet Singh, the young forward of the team, feels that the bronze medal is a new beginning for Indian hockey.
“I truly believe that this is a new beginning. We all want to achieve more, and we want people to give us more love and continue to support us,” he said in a release issued by Hockey India (HI).
“And for this to happen, we know we must consistently perform well at major tournaments. We are mentally prepared for it,” he added.
The Indian hockey team kept its morale high despite the challenges posed by Covid-19, said young striker Dilpreet Singh indiatoday.in
“We all worked so hard to achieve this feat. We never let any difficulties during the pandemic affect our morale. The seniors played a big part in encouraging us constantly and making us feel like we can do this,” said the 21-year-old.
Dilpreet has had a dream run so far with the Indian team. Ever since his grand outing in the Sultan of Johor Cup in 2017 where the India Colts won the Bronze Medal, Dilpreet’s career has soared to new heights.
He was called-up for the senior camp and soon became part of the team in almost every major tournament since 2018 including the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games as well as the World Cup in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
“I feel so fortunate to be part of this incredible group and yes, I do believe I have been lucky to have had such a great start to my international career,” he said indiatoday.in
The young forward from Punjab said the support he received particularly when he was dropped from the senior team following the 2018 FIH men”s World Cup where the team was knocked out in the quarterfinals became the turning point of his career.
“Looking back, surely that was not an easy period for me. Maybe, I could not handle the success of getting to play in such major tournaments so early in my career. I was hardly 18 or 19 years old then,” he said.
