{"id":58954,"date":"2024-12-26T12:43:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T12:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=58954"},"modified":"2024-12-26T12:43:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T12:43:13","slug":"hockey-india-league-to-propel-womens-team-towards-olympic-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/26\/hockey-india-league-to-propel-womens-team-towards-olympic-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey India League to Propel Women\u2019s Team Towards Olympic Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India men\u2019s hockey team skipper Harmanpreet Singh believes the women\u2019s national side will significantly benefit from the Hockey India League (HIL), much like it benefitted his team, propelling them towards Olympic success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The upcoming Hockey India League will feature eight teams in the men\u2019s competition and six teams in the women\u2019s event, marking the first-ever edition for women. The Indian men\u2019s hockey team, after a gap of 50 years, secured back-to-back Olympic medals, a feat partially attributed to the exposure provided by the HIL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe impact of the HIL can be seen to this day in the Indian Men\u2019s Hockey Team. The team\u2019s success in the Olympics is due to the exposure the league provided us at a young age,\u201d Harmanpreet stated in a media release. \u201cRubbing shoulders with players you look up to and competing with and against them daily improved us more than we could imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The skipper expressed optimism about the introduction of the Women\u2019s HIL. \u201cWith the Women\u2019s HIL also commencing this time, I am certain that it will propel the Indian Women\u2019s Hockey Team to greater heights in the future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harmanpreet\u2019s recognition in the league continues to soar as he became the most expensive player in HIL history, being acquired by Soorma Hockey Club for a staggering Rs 78 lakh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India men\u2019s hockey team skipper Harmanpreet Singh believes the women\u2019s national side will significantly benefit from the Hockey India League (HIL), much like it benefitted his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58954","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58956,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954\/revisions\/58956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}