NEW DELHI: Indian girls’s staff hockey staff skipper Rani Rampal feels their memorable run on the Tokyo Olympics has taught the gamers to carry out underneath excessive stress.
Talking on the podcast ‘Hockey Te Charcha’, the 27-year-old opened up on the staff’s report fourth-place end on the Tokyo Olympics, whereas additionally reflecting on the 12 months passed by.
“2021 proved to be a very good 12 months for us. We may have received a medal on the Tokyo Olympic Games. We are going to all the time really feel the ache of not having the ability to try this, as a result of we have been so shut. It was not exhausting to simply accept it at first,” she stated.
“However we completed twelfth in 2016 once we went to Rio Olympics and this time at Tokyo Olympics we completed 4th. So, it has been a giant development for women’s hockey.”
The Indian girls’s staff narrowly had missed out on a historic bronze in Tokyo however recorded its best-ever efficiency on the Olympics.
“Once we returned, the Indian followers appreciated our efforts. We felt that we did one thing good that followers are giving us a lot love and respect. This provides us confidence to do even higher in future.”
She additional went on to talk about how the staff gained confidence from 1-0 win over Australia within the quarterfinal and felt they might beat World No. 2 Argentina within the semifinal to earn a podium end.
“I really feel one hundred pc we may have received the semifinal match in opposition to Argentina. We took an early lead within the match and put them underneath stress. We executed all the things coaches informed us however conceding PCs price us,” Rani stated.
“However I feel it was an enormous studying expertise for all of the gamers within the staff who will get an understanding of how one can stay calm in knockout matches of massive tournaments. We are going to absolutely get higher the following time.”
Talking on the podcast ‘Hockey Te Charcha’, the 27-year-old opened up on the staff’s report fourth-place end on the Tokyo Olympics, whereas additionally reflecting on the 12 months passed by.
“2021 proved to be a very good 12 months for us. We may have received a medal on the Tokyo Olympic Games. We are going to all the time really feel the ache of not having the ability to try this, as a result of we have been so shut. It was not exhausting to simply accept it at first,” she stated.
“However we completed twelfth in 2016 once we went to Rio Olympics and this time at Tokyo Olympics we completed 4th. So, it has been a giant development for women’s hockey.”
The Indian girls’s staff narrowly had missed out on a historic bronze in Tokyo however recorded its best-ever efficiency on the Olympics.
“Once we returned, the Indian followers appreciated our efforts. We felt that we did one thing good that followers are giving us a lot love and respect. This provides us confidence to do even higher in future.”
She additional went on to talk about how the staff gained confidence from 1-0 win over Australia within the quarterfinal and felt they might beat World No. 2 Argentina within the semifinal to earn a podium end.
“I really feel one hundred pc we may have received the semifinal match in opposition to Argentina. We took an early lead within the match and put them underneath stress. We executed all the things coaches informed us however conceding PCs price us,” Rani stated.
“However I feel it was an enormous studying expertise for all of the gamers within the staff who will get an understanding of how one can stay calm in knockout matches of massive tournaments. We are going to absolutely get higher the following time.”