The news of Tokyo Olympic postponement is yet to sink in but India’s hockey captains Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal are confident that they will take the disappointment in stride while working hard for the next one year. "We had just finished the day’s evening session when chief coach Graham Reid informed us about the postponement of the Olympic Games," men’s team skipper, Manpreet Singh said. "I think the news is yet to sink in for us.

We were mentally gearing up for our first match on 25th July, so the disappointment is surely there but it is important for us to now look at the positives," he added. "Though, somewhere at the back of our minds we anticipated this could happen considering the impact Covid-19 has made across the globe, we had never let it affect our training or the intensity needed in every session," Manpreet said.