Hockey, Olympics 2024: Manpreet Singh has a new source of motivation as Paris beckons
Manpreet Singh, now 32, will be competing in his fourth Olympic Games campaign at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
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Jasmine Kaur does not get to see her father Manpreet Singh often these days, but she always knows where he is.
“Khelne gaye hai [he has gone to play],” is her immediate answer, according to Singh.
Through Kaur’s eyes, who is not yet three, Singh’s career is somewhat simplified to him just running around and hitting a ball with a stick. She is not yet old enough to grasp the idea that her father is one of finest hockey players in modern hockey.
She was not even born when Singh led the Indian team to a bronze medal finish at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, ending the country’s 41-year wait for an Olympic medal in hockey.
But in just over a week, when the Indian team begins its campaign at the Paris Olympic Games, she will provide the added motivation for Singh to achieve greater heights with the Indian team.
“It makes me want to do better,” Singh told Scroll at the Sports Authority of India’s Bengaluru campus before the Indian team departed for Paris. “When my daughter comes to watch me play, I want to do better for her.
“I want to win more so that when she grows up, she will be proud of what her father achieved.”
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