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Indian hockey team given grand farewell ahead of London Olympics | The Indian hockey team on Sunday received a grand farewell from former champions before departing
for the 2012 London Olympics. In an event organised by Hockey India , to honour
34 past champions, the current crop of players were motivated and were wished
well before leaving for London . Amongst the dignitaries attending this function
was India 's Sports Minister, Ajay Maken, who wished luck to the players, and
said the team had been displaying consistent performance for the past year and
hoped for a podium finish. “I wish the Indian team all the best and we are very
hopeful the way they have played in the past one year or so, I think the team
is coming up, hockey is at it's revival and I feel that hockey players, the way
they are playing, they are going to do really well in the London Olympics,” Maken
said. The Indian team, coached by Australian Michael Nobbs qualified for the quadrennial
games after winning a qualifying tournament in New Delhi . The former Hockey players
who were felicitated in the event included Leslie Claudius, Balbir Singh Sr, Gurbux
Singh, V Baskaran, MK Kaushik, MM Sommaiya, Mohammad Shahid and Zafar Iqbal, and they were given a cash award of rupees 2,00,000 each.
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