India hockey skipper Harmanpreet Singh on Wednesday said that his side was unfortunate to lose to Germany in the Paris Olympics elimination round in spite of making a few possibilities however named the consecutive bronze winning execution a “colossal accomplishment”. India rehashed their 2021 Tokyo Games execution in Paris, overcoming Spain to win back to back bronze decorations without precedent for 52 years. The definitely challenged elimination round before saw India going down to ruling title holders Germany 2-3 to set up a bronze-decoration coordinate with Spain.
“It (elimination round versus Germany) was an extremely close match. I think we made a ton of possibilities however you can say we were not fortunate that day and a few odds were askew,” Harmanpreet told PTI Recordings during a felicitation function coordinated by the Odisha government.
“However, I think the bronze award was vital. It was the last match of the competition and feeling exceptionally cheerful in the wake of dominating the game. Our work was that we ought to satisfy our fantasy about (winning gold) yet some way or another we were unfortunate.
“Be that as it may, in any case, we had the bronze award to play for. In this way, we went into the coordinate with that mentality that we will win. We’ve won consecutive decorations in hockey; it’s an exceptionally enormous thing for us,” he added.
Harmanpreet was left confused with the gathering given to the players, saying the group gets a similar friendship each opportunity it comes to Odisha.
“Also, this time, we are getting even more love. At the point when the group comes here, be it to play in a competition or in the wake of winning a decoration, it generally feels decent… we get a great deal of regard,” added Harmanpreet.
On the event, Odisha Boss Pastor Mohan Charan Majhi declared monetary rewards for the individuals from the group with headliner from the state Amit Rohidas getting Rs four crore. India goalkeeper PR Sreejesh was given Rs 50 lakh while different players in the crew got Rs 15 lakh each. The care staff got Rs 10 lakh each.
Harmanpreet additionally expressed gratitude toward the state government for supporting hockey.
“It (Odisha) has perhaps of the best office in India; great stadia, great grounds and we were getting such a lot of help from the Odisha government. To sort out such significant competition and get the groups to the stadia is something major and I for benefit of the group need to thank the state,” he said.
Odisha has turned into the center point of hockey over the most recent couple of years sorting out a few first-class contests for people, including World Cups, Asian rivalries and Expert Association matches among others.
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The felicitation function, which was gone to by the state’s main pastor, saw a fantastic greeting being concurred to the players.