Olympic gold is final purpose for all of us, says hockey mid-fielder Rajkumar Pal

Young Indian hockey mid-fielder Rajkumar Pal says successful a gold medal at this 12 months’s Olympics is the final word purpose for the aspect and he and his teammates are working relentlessly in the direction of ending the 41-year-old drought within the Tokyo Games.
Erstwhile powerhouse of the sport, India gained final of their eight Olympic gold medals within the 1980 Moscow Games. The Tokyo Games are scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8.
“An Olympic gold is the ultimate goal for all of us and we have been putting in tremendous amount of hard work to achieve our target in this year’s Olympics,” mentioned Pal
Pal made his debut in opposition to world champions Belgium within the FIH Pro League final 12 months. The 23-year-old is delighted along with his progress to this point with the nationwide group and aspires to realize extra for the nation in close to future.
“The manner you begin something could be very essential and subsequently I actually wished to get off to a superb begin in my worldwide profession. It was a dream come true for me once I received the prospect to stroll on the sphere with the Indian group for the match in opposition to Belgium within the FIH Hockey Pro League final 12 months and I’m actually proud of the way in which issues have panned out for me to this point.
“Then the two goals I scored against Australia in the FIH Hockey Pro League gave me a lot of confidence and I have just looked to carry forward the momentum from thereon,” mentioned the mid-fielder.
Pal added that he’s trying ahead to creating many extra contributions to the Indian group’s victories sooner or later.
“It felt nice to contribute to the group’s victory with a purpose in opposition to Argentina in our first match of the tour final month. My fundamental goal is to assist the group win in any manner I can, and I used to be proud of the way in which I carried out on our latest tour of Argentina.
“Even though I haven’t played too many matches for the Indian senior team, I have already started to feel very comfortable at the highest level.”