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Updated On: 29 August, 2024 07:01 AM IST | Mumbai | Ashwin Ferro
India hockey coach Craig Fulton tells mid-day the red card for Amit Rohidas at Paris Olympics was a fair call and spurred team on to bronze medal finish; reveals new players will get chances in four-year cycle leading up to LA 2028
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Umpire Sean Rapaport shows the red card to India defender Amit Rohidas (inset) during the Olympic quarter-final against Great Britain earlier this month. Pic/AFP
An entire nation saw red when India defender Amit Rohidas was shown the red card as his raised stick hit Great Britain’s William Calnan in the face during the crucial quarter-final of the Paris Olympics earlier this month. Many fans cried foul and some even suggested that the resulting one-match ban on Rohidas was a conspiracy to hamper Harmanpreet Singh & Co’s semi-final prospects against Germany. Head coach Craig Fulton, however, is absolutely clear that it was the right call by the video umpire. “It was a fair call because why is your stick up there [in someone’s face]? Also, Germany’s Christopher Ruhr similarly got a one-match ban against France for a similar offence. The problem was that we were going into the semi-final while Germany did it in a pool game. If your stick is high and hits someone in the face, even if it’s unintentional, it’s not ideal. The rule’s there and we have to be aware of that,” Fulton told mid-day from the national camp in Bangalore on Wednesday.
Fulton also analysed India’s bronze show at Paris and explained how a new team now needs to take shape for the next four-year Olympic cycle leading up to Los Angeles 2028.
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