New Delhi: India women’s hockey team’s dynamic forward, Preeti Dubey, opened up about her experience of playing in the national setup and is focusing on the 2028 Summer Olympics after the Indian team failed to qualify in the Paris edition.
Preeti was named in the 33-member Indian women’s hockey team that is currently training at SAI Bangalore. The 60-member assessment squad that reported to camp on April 1 was spruced up after selection trials that were held on April 6 and 7.
The 25-year-old, who hails from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh and made her last appearance for the Indian women’s hockey team in the Hockey World League Semi-Final in 2017, clawed her way back into the national setup after impressing the selectors and coaches in the assessment camp.
Her selection comes after she put up an impressive performance in the 14th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2024, held in Pune.
Speaking about her inclusion, Preeti said, as quoted by Hockey India, “It feels amazing to come back in the national setup. But this is just the first step. All my efforts and hard work have paid off. I would like to thank my family members, and all my coaches who supported me, motivated me and stood by me in difficult times. I always believed in myself that the right time would come and I never doubted my abilities and potential to come back into the national setup.”