Paris Olympics is around the corner. Now, every country that is participating in the event is announcing its squad for the event. Recently, India has also announced its Olympic squad.
This time, expectations are really high from every single individual on the team. However, there is one individual who is hoping to repeat his success in the field of hockey. It is Lalit Upadhyay who has been a great player for Indian hockey for the past few years. He also held India in winning the gold medal at the Asian Games.
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So, he is confident that India will get a medal at the Paris Olympics, also. He even added that the success of the Tokyo Olympics has increased the hope of the team. So they will try their level best to win a medal for the country.
In the past, his beginning as a player was affected by a controversy. The controversy was in terms of the sting operation. His name was taken as bait, during the sting operation. As a result, it created a controversy around him, and so he even decided to quit hockey.
However, he changed his mind and tried hard to do well for the country. As a result, now Indian hockey is hoping to get a medal at the Paris Olympics. He further added that they are preparing their level best to face the best teams in the world.
He also said that everything is now preparing at their level best, to win a medal at the Olympics. So, it is crucial for them to take one game at a time and play accordingly. The team has also worked on the fitness for the last four years. So, now the players are at par with other international-level players.
For the Olympics event, the Indian hockey team has been put in Group B. It is one of the competitive groups. It consists of Belgium, Australia, Argentina, Ireland, and New Zealand. So, it will be intriguing to see how the Indian team plays against such teams. They will be starting their campaign on the 27th of July. He also added that during the pandemic, players got their opportunity to stay with each other for a longer time. In that period, they came to know about the strengths of each other even more. So, it has helped the team to become stronger internally and believe in themselves. So, he is also optimistic about the chances of the team at the Olympics.
