The Indian hockey team has performed brilliantly in the Paris Olympics 2024 and won the bronze medal. In the bronze medal match played on 8 August (Thursday), India defeated Spain 2-1. The Indian team has won the bronze medal for the second consecutive Olympic Games. Before this, he had also won bronze in Tokyo Games. The hero of the Indian team’s victory was captain Harmanpreet Singh, who scored two goals (30th and 33rd minute).
Sreejesh also did magic in the last match
Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, who was playing the last match, also did wonders and made some excellent saves. The only goal for Spain was scored by captain Max Miralles (18th minute). The Indian hockey team has won its 13th medal in the history of the Olympics. The Indian hockey team has so far won a record 8 gold, one silver and four bronze medals in the Olympics, if seen, this is India’s fourth bronze medal in the Paris Olympics 2024. Earlier, all three bronze medals of India had come in shooting.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚!
Consecutive bronze medals for team India, we defeat Spain in the Bronze Medal match.
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India 🇮🇳 2️⃣ – 1️⃣ 🇪🇸 SpainHarmanpreet Singh 30′ (PC) 33′ (PC)
Marc Miralles 18′ (PS) #Hockey #HockeyIndia…
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There was a very exciting game between the two teams in the first quarter, although both the teams could not score any goals. Then in the second quarter, Spain showed an amazing game, when captain Max Miralles managed to score a goal on the penalty stroke. A few seconds before the end of this quarter, India got a penalty corner, on which Harman managed to score a goal. Harman also scored a goal in the third quarter to put India ahead 2-1. Spain got many chances to score in the last quarter, but the Indian defense thwarted them.
India has the upper hand against Spain
In the Olympics against Spain, India won 8 out of 11 matches, lost one and played two draws. Before this match, India had won 4 out of the last five matches, which included two Pro League matches in February. According to FIH Data Hub, 17 matches were played between India and Spain in the last 10 years, out of which India won 7, Spain won 5 and 5 were drawn.
The Indian team was placed in Pool-B in the Paris Olympics. The Indian team had defeated New Zealand 3-2 in its first pool match. Then he played a 1-1 draw against Argentina. After this, the Indian team defeated Ireland 2-0 in the third match. However, it had to face a 1-2 defeat against Tokyo Olympics champion Belgium. Then in the next match, the Indian team defeated Australia 3-2. Apart from India, there were also teams from New Zealand, Argentina, Ireland, Belgium and Australia in Pool-B. Whereas Pool-A included Netherlands, Germany, Britain, Spain, South Africa and host country France. Four teams each from both the groups had reached the quarter finals.
The Indian team entered the semi-finals by defeating Great Britain 2-1 in the quarter-finals. However, India had to face defeat by 2-3 against Germany in the semi-finals. Let us tell you that Germany is competing with Netherlands in the gold medal match. Netherlands had booked the ticket for the final by defeating Spain 4-0.
Indian hockey team for Paris Olympics 2024
Goalkeeper: P R 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.
Forward: Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh.
Alternative players: Neelkant Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishna Bahadur Pathak