Chief coach Graham Reid: We’re aiming to jump onto that podium

Updated On: 26 June, 2021 07:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Ashwin Ferro

Chief coach Graham Reid is confident World No. 4 India can break hockey’s Olympic medal-drought in Tokyo

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India players celebrate a goal during the FIH Pro League match against Belgium at Bhubaneswar last year

The Indian men’s hockey team have not been able to get too many international matches in the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics due to the global pandemic situation, but chief coach Graham Reid is convinced their intense internal training sessions are a good enough indicator of overall improvement.

Successful tours

“We have had two very successful tours and both were after being in a lockdown, where we did some high intensity training. In 2019-20, we beat Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands and then this year we’ve beaten [Olympic champions] Argentina. So, it does give the team confidence when you come from an environment where you have not been exposed to the outside world for long and you still go out and perform well. That’s the mentality we go into Tokyo with,” said Reid during a virtual media interaction on Friday.

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