New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) Indian women’s hockey team captain Savita Punia has no doubt in her mind that her side will be there at the 2024 Paris Olympics despite the huge setback of not being able to qualify for the global showpiece at the Asian Games in Hangzhou recently.

China defeated the higher-ranked India in the semifinals in Hangzhou thus crashing the country’s hopes of securing a gold medal and ensuring an automatic qualification to Paris.

Hosts China went on to defeat South Korea to win gold and qualify for Paris, while in the play-off for third place, India defeated Japan to settle for bronze.

Savita said the team’s mission was to win a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which remained unfulfilled but the girls were determined to seal a place in Paris through the qualifiers and fulfil their dream.

“We have a mission that remained unfulfilled in (2020) Tokyo. For Paris, though we could not qualify directly through the Asian Games (in Hangzhou), we will do it through the qualifiers,” said Savita during an interaction at the

Source: PTI News