The historic fourth place end within the Tokyo Olympics lifted the profile of girls’s hockey within the nation immensely with kids taking on the game in giant numbers, India gamers Vandana Katariya, Navjot Kaur and Gurjit Kaur stated on Tuesday.
India ended at fourth place within the Tokyo Games ladies’s hockey after shedding to Great Britain within the bronze medal play-off final 12 months. It was the most effective efficiency in 41 years after the 1980 Moscow Olympics the place the nationwide staff had additionally completed fourth.
“There has certainly been a change in mindset since Tokyo Olympics last year,” midfielder Navjot Kaur stated throughout a digital press convention on the event of International Women’s Day on Tuesday.
“Now, all parents want their children to play sports. Most of the parents believe that the future of their children will be better if they play sports along with focusing on their studies.”
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Echoing comparable sentiments, ahead Vandana Katariya stated she was amazed to see so many women popping out to play hockey at her residence city Roshnabad in Uttarakhand.
“After the Olympics, it has been implausible to see over 250 athletes play the sport of hockey in Roshnabad (Uttarakhand) and the vast majority of the 250 athletes are women. It feels nice to see the recognition of hockey and everybody in my hometown additionally tells me the foundations of the sport,” she stated.
Asked what she would advise younger women who wish to take up the game, Katariya stated, “There will probably be lots of people who say quite a lot of issues when ladies step out to play sports activities, however we should not hearken to anyone.
“If we listen to people, then we might take a step backwards. We need to believe in ourselves and keep our focus on the game intact and ignore everyone who say wrong things.”
Defender Gurjit Kaur stated ladies ought to at all times imagine in themselves.
“Women have quite a lot of energy they usually can do something. Women ought to proceed to be robust and never hand over. Whatever ladies do, whether or not it is enjoying sports activities or working in enterprise, they need to imagine in themselves,” she stated.
“If one has the support from her family, then anything is achievable. We also need to have a positive approach towards every problem we face in our lives. I know it’s easier said than done, but we need to learn how to keep a positive frame of mind in difficult circumstances.”
The Indian ladies’s hockey staff will probably be seen in motion within the two-legged FIH Pro League tie in opposition to Germany on March 12 and 13 right here.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
