India men’s hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh said it’s time to stop basking in the glory of their historic bronze medal at the Tokyo Games and start focussing on qualifying for the Paris Olympics by winning next year’s Asian Games in China.

“Last time, we ended up with bronze and lost out on winning the automatic qualification. We were lucky to have the Olympic qualifying games in India. But we can’t depend on the same again,” Manpreet said. “The best would be for us to qualify by winning the Asian Games, so it gives us right amount of time to prepare for 2024 Olympics.”