Indian Hockey Team Wins Medal At Olympic After 41 Years
New Delhi, 5th August 2021: India won the Olympic medal in hockey for the last time in 1980, after 41 years the Indian hockey team under the captaincy of Manpreet Singh created history by winning the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics.
India defeated Germany 5-3 to claim the bronze medal. This is India’s 12th Olympic medal in hockey. India has earlier won eight gold, one silver and two bronze Olympic medals in hockey.
The Indian team bounced back after going 0-1 in the first quarter of the match, the Indian team did better in this match, taking lessons from the mistakes made against Belgium in the semi-final match. Simranjit Singh scored two goals for India, while Harmanpreet Singh, Hardik Singh and Rupinder Pal Singh scored one goal each.
The score in the first quarter was 0-1, then in the second quarter, the score was 3-3. In the third quarter, the Indian team retaliated strongly to make the score 5-3. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Germany scored a goal to make the score 4-5.
Sreejesh once again stunned Germany’s chances to win by not giving them any openings to score a goal. In the last three minutes, India gave Germany another penalty corner. Sreejesh and the Indian defenders did not let Germany take advantage of this opportunity. India had lost to Belgium in the semi-finals, while Germany was defeated by Australia.
