The Indian hockey team won a medal in the Olympics for the second consecutive time.The hockey team made a brilliant comeback after trailing by one goal.The President, PM Modi and the Home Minister congratulated the hockey team.
New Delhi. In Paris Olympics 2024, Indian hockey team defeated Spain and won the bronze medal. PM Modi called Team India without any delay and congratulated them. As soon as Indian team captain Harmanpreet Singh said ‘Namaskar Sir’ to him on the phone, the Prime Minister immediately said, “Sarpanch Sahab.” Then all the players and the Prime Minister himself started laughing loudly. TV commentators call Harmanpreet ‘Sarpanch Sahab’ and now everyone has started calling him that. PM Modi said, “Many congratulations to you and the entire team. You have brought glory to India.”
PM Modi said, “You will remember, I said in Tokyo that you have broken the entire series of defeats. Under your leadership and with the efforts of your entire team, we have made progress this time too and I am sure that you people will bring back the old golden era of hockey, I am sure of this.”
President Draupadi Murmu and Home Minister Amit Shah also congratulated the bronze medal winning Indian hockey team on social media. The Indian team was successful in retaining its medal. Earlier, India had also won the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics. The Indian hockey team won the bronze medal in the Paris Olympics by defeating Spain 2-1 in the playoff. India has won a medal for the second consecutive time in the Olympics after 50 years. With this, this is the 13th medal of the eight-time champion Indian hockey team in the Olympics. Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored for India in the 30th and 33rd minutes. At the same time, Mark Miralles scored for Spain in the 18th minute. With this victory, experienced Indian hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh said goodbye to international hockey.
#WATCH PM Narendra Modi spoke to the Indian Hockey team and congratulated them on the #Bronze medal victory. #OlympicGames #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/OuuaEHVj0y
— ANI (@ANI) August 8, 2024
