NEW DELHI, Jul 9: Indian women’s hockey team captain Ritu Rani has been been dropped from the Rio Olympics-bound side owing to lack of performance and attitude problems.
The final squad of 16 is to be picked in three days’ time but a senior member of the team management confirmed that Ritu has left the ongoing national camp in Bangalore.
Under Ritu’s leadership the Indian women’s team qualified for the Olympics for the first time in 36 years since 1980.
The 24-year-old has been at the forefront of Indian women’s hockey for more than a decade and has been the key to the midfield. (PTI)
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