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Fitness Must Not be Blamed for Azlan Shah Debacle

  •   Thu, May 19 2011 04:06:34 PM

New Delhi, May 19 (PTI) Refusing to blame players' fitness levels for India's disappointing performance in recently-concluded Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, team physio Shrikant Iyenger, however admitted that there is a scope for improvement as far as fitness is concerned.

Five-time champions India finished a lowly sixth in seven-nation tournament and the a number of former players chose to blame poor fitness level of the team for the debacle.

"It will be wrong to say that we lost the tournament because of fitness issues. There were many other reasons. But it is true that we have to improve our fitness level to be at par with other big teams.

"Modern hockey is all about fitness and no team can ignore that," Shrikant told 'PTI Bhasha' from Raipur.
  

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