Savita with the Indian girls’s hockey crew (Twitter)
After ending third on the Asian Games, Indian girls’s hockey crew get golden likelihood to qualify for Olympics 2024 as Women’s qualifiers shifted to Ranchi.
The Indian girls’s hockey crew didn’t guide an automated berth for the 2024 Paris Olympics after ending third within the Hangzhou Asian Games however it’ll get one other likelihood to make the reduce because the nation is internet hosting the qualifying event in Ranchi subsequent 12 months.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has moved the Women’s Olympic Qualifiers to Ranchi from Changzhou in China which earned a direct Paris Games berth by successful the Asian Games gold in Hangzhou earlier this month.
The Paris Olympics qualifying event shall be held at Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh AstroTurf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi, Jharkhand, from January 13 to 19 subsequent 12 months.
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Apart from India, seven international locations will participate within the qualifying event from which the highest three will affirm their berth in subsequent 12 months’s Olympics.
The different three FIH Olympic Qualifiers shall be performed in Muscat, Oman (males’s: January 15-21, 2024) and Valencia, Spain (girls’s and males’s: January 13-21, 2024).
India had misplaced 0-4 to hosts China within the Hangzhou Asian Games girls’s hockey semifinals and ultimately settled for a bronze medal after beating Japan 2-1.
Speaking about Ranchi internet hosting the Olympic Qualifiers, Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey stated, “This is a huge event for our players, and we are thrilled that it will take place on our home turf as the support from Indian fans will undoubtedly fuel our players’ determination to secure their spot in the Paris 2024 Olympics.”
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Indian crew captain Savita Punia stated, “Ranchi hosting the Olympic Qualifiers is fantastic news as it will motivate us more than ever to seal a berth for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the presence of all the Indian hockey fans who have been supporting us through thick and thin.”
The Indian crew clinched the bronze medal within the recently-concluded nineteenth Asian Games Hangzhou after a 2-1 conquer Japan and the victory has boosted their confidence as they give the impression of being to safe a spot within the Paris Olympics.
Ahead of the Olympic Qualifiers, the Indian crew shall be enjoying on the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy in Ranchi from October 27 to November 5. The residence crew is ready to face Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand within the event, which is able to assist them put together for the Paris Olympics Qualifiers.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated news company feed – PTI)
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