Bengaluru, July 11 (PTI) Manpreet Singh’s life has never been easy. He had to play hockey through shattering life experiences such as a poverty-stricken childhood, a family struggling to make both ends meet, and an allegation that burns his soul till date.

Manpreet, whose CV includes an Olympic bronze (Tokyo) and two Asian Games gold medals (2014, 2022), has those scarring moments to draw strength from when he walks onto the field in the Indian jersey in the Paris Olympics later this month.

It will be his fourth Olympics, something the 32-year-old never imagined to achieve when he started his journey from the modest lanes of Mithapur, a town in Punjab.

“I never thought that I would be able to play four Olympics. It is every player’s dream to play in the Olympics and win medals.

“I consider myself very lucky that this is my fourth Olympics,” Manpreet told

Source: PTI News