By Hamad Hussain
KARACHI: With the
London2012 action just a few hours away, Pakistan’s sports fans are associating
high hopes of a medal by the national hockey team but the road looks bumpy for
the former Olympic gold medalists with European teams raising the bar high.
Indian hockey team is also looking to exhibit an impressive
show as both Pakistan and its bitter neighbours are facing an uphill task at
the London2012. Indian hockey team has won eight medals while Pakistan claimed
three victories at the Olympics.
The biggest cause of concern for the Asian hockey teams is
the newly-introduced blue pitch which has already attracted fair bit of
criticism by the former legends like Aussie Ric Charlesworth and Indian Michael
Nobbs.
However, Pakistan have shown least concern about the blue
pitch. Pakistan hockey team’s coach Khawaja Junaid told British media, “The
turf here at the Olympic hockey venue suits us fine, It’s certainly a bit slow
and bouncy but it’s not really different from the turf we have back home
especially the one in Islamabad. We are used to playing on such surfaces”.
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