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The Indian women’s team could not stop tears after losing the bronze medal match 3-4 to Rio Olympic gold medalist Britain and Prime Minister Narendra Modi also consoled them over the phone.
The regret of missing a medal by reaching so close in the Olympics still hurts us and makes us feel every moment that our mission of winning a medal for the country is still incomplete and we do not have to take rest before that, so in the World Cup we once again felt alive. Will give, says Indian women’s hockey team captain Savita (Savita) of. The Indian women’s team won the Tokyo Olympics last year. (Tokyo Olympics) Made history by finishing fourth in the tournament, while the men’s team won the bronze medal after 41 years. Now the Indian women’s team will play in the World Cup in Netherlands and Spain from July 1, while before that they have to face Belgium, Argentina, Netherlands and America in the FIH Pro League.
Goalkeeper Savita, who was one of the architects of India’s best performance in Tokyo Olympics, said in an interview to Bhasha, after our performance in Tokyo, everyone said that we won the heart but a medal is a medal and lack of winning it. It hurts. Who can understand better than us the regret of missing a medal by coming so close.
Savita remembers difficult moment of Tokyo Olympics
The Indian women’s team could not stop tears after losing the bronze medal match 3-4 to Rio Olympic gold medalist Britain and Prime Minister Narendra Modi also consoled them over the phone. Savita recalled that moment and said, while talking to the Prime Minister on the phone, our tears could not stop and even today it seems that no matter how good the performance is but we do not have the medal. He said that the team will try to fill the gap in the World Cup starting July 1, in which India have been placed in Pool B along with England, China and New Zealand. Before this, India has to play in the FIH Pro League against teams like Belgium, Argentina, Netherlands.
Olympic teams will enter the World Cup
Savita said, there are teams in the World Cup as well which were in the Olympics. We will try to fill the Olympic shortfall in the World Cup and our eyes are on the next Olympics. We are not going to be content with fourth place, we have to win an Olympic medal. He said about the Pro League, such hard tests are necessary before big tournaments. European teams keep playing against each other but we have got a chance and we will definitely take it.
She said that a lot has changed for Indian women’s hockey since the Olympics. There has been a change in the thinking of people towards women’s hockey and the mindset of the players themselves. “Definitely things have changed and the outlook on women’s hockey has changed,” she said. People wait for our matches and our performance gets appreciated. In our team too, the confidence of the players has increased and the spirit of victory has also increased. Now no one is satisfied with less.
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