India, Oct. 6 -- India defended its gold medal in style at the just-concluded Asian Games but men's team head coach Craig Fulton still rates the bronze medal finish at the Paris Olympics as the most satisfying achievement during his current tenure.

Reigning Olympic bronze medallist India hammered Malaysia 5-1 in the final and secured a direct qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. "Most satisfying moment is probably the Paris Olympics in a way of how we had stuck to our structures and our processes, even though we were losing games in the FIH Pro League and losing games against Australia before the Paris Olympics," Fulton told PTI in an exclusive interview.

"And then we peaked at the right time through good planning and obviou...