amritsar five hockey players from amritsar have been selected for tokyo olympic 2021the players include defender and dragflicker gurjit kaur resident of miadian kalan who has been selected for the indian womens hockey team striker gurjant singh resident of khaliara forward dilpreet singh resident of butala dragflicker harmanpreet singh resident of timmowal and midfielder shamsher singh resident of attarifamily members of the players held a discussion with sports minister rana gurjit singh on fridaywhile expressing her happiness over the selection of her sister gurjit kaur in the indian women hockey team pardeep kaur said she knew the talent of her sister and was sure that she would be part of the indian women hockey contingent to tokyo she is the only girl from punjab who is part of the indian hockey team which is a matter of pride for family friends and whole of amritsar she said pardeep informed that her sister had already participated in various international tournaments including commonwealth games indian hockey world cup etc i am sure that she will come back with a gold medal she saidsarabjit singh the father of dragflicker harmanpreet singh said his son had already played in the 2016 rio olympics its a matter of great pride for the parents to know that their son is playing olympics consecutively for the second time and i am sure indian hockey team will strike a gold in the tokyo olympics he said he had sent his son to a hockey academy when he was in the fifth standard and with the blessings of almighty he has become an international player apparently satisfied after talking with sodhi he said it was pleasant to see how the government was taking a keen interest in the welfare of the players and urged the government to pay more attention to the game and the playersadditional deputy commissioner development ranbir singh mudhal informed that the minister had announced to give rs 5 lakh to all the 4 men and 1 women hockey player and also assured them of handsome encouragement upon returning from tokyo with medalsdistrict sports officer guljar sing riar said it was for the first time that five players had been selected for the olympics from one district