The Indian men’s hockey team performed brilliantly in the Paris Olympics 2024 and won the bronze medal. In the bronze medal match on Thursday (August 8), the Indian hockey team defeated Spain 2-1. The Indian team has won the bronze medal for the second consecutive time. Earlier, it had also won the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics (2020). If seen, this was the thirteenth medal of the Indian hockey team in Olympic history. The Indian hockey team has so far won 8 gold, one silver and four bronze medals in the history of the Olympics.
This interesting coincidence happened due to India’s victory
By the way, this 13th medal is very special for the Indian hockey team. The Indian hockey team has got this medal under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Singh. Let us tell you that the jersey number of Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh is also 13. In such a situation, an interesting coincidence of the number 13 was also seen in this Olympics. The Indian team entered the field under the captaincy of Harman who wore jersey number 13 and then it also won its 13th medal in the Olympics.
India won the medal by defeating Spain 2-1 in the bronze medal game#Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/cSkOQabgjZ
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— International Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) August 8, 2024
Harmanpreet Singh’s hockey stick wreaked havoc during the entire Olympic Games. When India was playing against Great Britain with 10 players, even then captain Harmanpreet did not panic and then India defeated the British in the shootout and made it to the semi-finals. Now in the bronze medal match against Spain, Harmanpreet Singh played an important role in the victory of the Indian team and scored two goals (30th and 33rd minutes). Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, who was playing his last match, also did wonders and made some great saves. The only goal from Spain was scored by captain Max Miralles (18th minute).
Harmanpreet scored so many goals
In this Paris Olympics, Harmanpreet played a total of 8 matches, in which he scored the most 10 goals. After him, Australia’s Blake Govers was at second place, who scored 7 goals. In Paris Olympics, Harmanpreet scored 2-2 goals against Ireland, Australia and finally Spain (Bronze Medal Match). While he scored 1-1 goal against Germany, Great Britain, Argentina and New Zealand. During his Paris Olympics journey, Harmanpreet could not score a goal only in the match against Belgium. In this match too, the Indian team had to face defeat by 1-2. In this Olympic journey, the Indian team has lost only 2 matches. In this, the first was against Belgium in the group stage and the second was the semi-final against Germany, where they lost 2-3.
Indian Hockey Team at Paris Olympics 2024
Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh.
Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas (out of semi-finals), Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay.
Midfielders: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad.
Forwards: Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh.
Substitute players: Nilakanta Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishna Bahadur Pathak
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)