As 75 days are left for the graduation of the Paris 2024 Olympics the place the Indian males’s Hockey crew will take the sector on the Yves-du-Manior Stadium in quest to finish 44-year gold medal drought, skipper Harmanpreet Singh has stated the crew entered “final phases of an intense coaching block” of their preparation for the marque occasion. India have to beat the reigning Olympic Champions Belgium (World No. 2), Australia (World No. 3), Argentina (World No. 7), New Zealand (World No. 10), and Eire (World No. 11) in Pool B to safe a top-four end within the pool to progress to the quarterfinals.

In the meantime, Pool A contains the world’s top-ranked crew, the Netherlands, alongside Germany, Nice Britain, Spain, South Africa, and hosts France, setting the stage for an intense battle within the 12-team males’s hockey match on the Paris 2024 Olympics.

India will start their marketing campaign on July 27 in opposition to New Zealand, adopted by a match in opposition to Argentina on July 29 earlier than going through Eire and Belgium on July 30 and August 1. They’ll play their final group stage sport in opposition to Australia on August 2.

“We’re within the final phases of an intense coaching block proper now. The crew has labored on the areas we felt wanted consideration after the Tour of Australia. Quickly, we are going to head to Europe to play some important matches within the FIH Hockey Professional League 2023/24 to check ourselves in opposition to some robust opponents like Argentina, Belgium, Germa

“The chemistry within the squad continues to develop and with solely 75 days left for the Paris 2024 Olympics we’re working to be in the perfect form potential,” stated Harmanpreet.

In the meantime, vice-captain Hardik Singh expressed his pleasure for the Paris 2024 Olympics saying, “The crew is leaving no stone unturned in our endeavour to vary the color of our earlier medal and clinch Gold on the Olympics this time. We’ve gamers like PR Sreejesh and Manpreet Singh who might be enjoying their fourth Olympics together with fairly just a few gamers who might be enjoying their third Olympics, together with our Captain.

“Their expertise has been instrumental in moulding a few of the youthful gamers we’ve got within the squad proper now. Solely 75 days stay for the Paris 2024 Olympics and we can’t wait to start our Olympic journey.”

India has a wealthy historical past in hockey on the Olympics. They received their first Gold Medal after beating the Netherlands 3-0 within the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam and went on to dominate, successful Gold Medals within the 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1980 Olympics.

Along with their 8 Gold Medals, India claimed a silver medal in 1960 and three bronze medals in 1968, 1972, and the earlier Olympic Video games in Tokyo in 2020, making them essentially the most profitable males’s hockey crew within the Olympics with 12 Medals.

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