Hockey Players Welcome at Delhi Airport: The biggest Mahakumbh of sports, the Olympic Games, took place in Paris this time. Paris Olympics 2024 started on 26 August and ended on 11 August. India won 6 medals in the Paris Olympics, which included 1 silver and 5 bronze. After the end of Paris Olympics, the process of returning home of Indian players continues.
These Indian players including Sreejesh returned home
Hockey legend PR Sreejesh has also returned to India on 13 August (Tuesday). Apart from Sreejesh, among the hockey players, Amit Rohidas, Sumit, Raj Kumar Pal, Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Sanjay were also spotted at the airport. The players were given a warm welcome at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. People were also seen celebrating vigorously to the beat of drums. Earlier on August 11, players of Indian hockey team belonging to Punjab had returned to Amritsar.
VIDEO | Indian hockey team members get rousing welcome on their arrival at IGI Airport in Delhi. They won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. #Paris2024 #IndianHockey pic.twitter.com/hbF5Brmxyl
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 13, 2024
#WATCH | Players from India’s #Bronze medal-winning Men’s Hockey Team arrive in Delhi; receive a warm welcome from their families and others.
Visuals from Delhi airport. pic.twitter.com/hmlkiuRiIQ
— ANI (@ANI) August 13, 2024
#WATCH | India’s #Bronze medal-winning Men’s Hockey team players show their medals as they arrive in Delhi.#OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/0y7m1DlGSQ
— ANI (@ANI) August 13, 2024
The Indian men’s hockey team won the bronze medal in the Paris Olympics 2024. India defeated Spain 2-1 in the bronze medal match played on 8 August. Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh played an important role in the memorable performance of the Indian team. Experienced goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, playing his last tournament, kept protecting the Indian goal like a rock throughout the tournament. PR Sreejesh and Manu Bhakar were the Indian flag bearers for the ‘Parade of Nations’ in the closing ceremony.
PR Sreejesh had already announced that Paris Olympics was going to be his last tournament. This was the fourth Olympics for Sreejesh, who played 336 matches for India. 36-year-old Sreejesh, who has played in the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Cup, also played an important role in India winning the bronze medal with excellent goalkeeping in the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021. Now his magic worked in front of the goal post in Paris also.
Indian hockey team in 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
India’s medals in Paris Olympics
Manu Bhakar won the first medal in Paris Olympics, bronze in 10 meter air pistol. Then the pair of Manu Bhakar-Sarbjot Singh won the bronze medal in the 10 meter air pistol mixed team event. After this, Swapnil Kusale won the bronze medal in Men’s 50 meter rifle three position.
The Indian hockey team won the bronze medal and gave India its fourth medal. After this Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal in javelin throw. Whereas wrestler Aman Sehrawat won the bronze medal in 57 kg wrestling and got the sixth medal.
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Complete list of India’s Olympic medalists, know who became the winner and when
| athlete/sports | medal | event | olympic season |
| Norman Pritchard* | silver | men’s 200 meter race | paris 1900 |
| Norman Pritchard** | silver | Men’s 200m Hurdle Race | paris 1900 |
| indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | amsterdam 1928 |
| indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | los angeles 1932 |
| indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | berlin 1936 |
| indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | London 1948 |
| indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | Helsinki 1952 |
| indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | melbourne 1956 |
| KD Jadhav | bronze | men’s bantamweight wrestling | Helsinki 1952 |
| indian hockey team | silver | men’s hockey | rome 1960 |
| indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | Tokyo 1964 |
| indian hockey team | bronze | men’s hockey | Mexico City 1968 |
| indian hockey team | bronze | men’s hockey | munich 1972 |
| indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | Moscow 1980 |
| leander paes | bronze | Men’s Singles Tennis | atlanta 1996 |
| Karnam Malleshwari | bronze | Weightlifting (Women’s 54 kg) | sydney 2000 |
| Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | silver | men’s double trap shooting | Athens 2004 |
| Abhinav Bindra | Gold | Men’s 10m Air Rifle Shooting | beijing 2008 |
| Vijender Singh | bronze | Men’s middleweight boxing | beijing 2008 |
| Sushil Kumar | bronze | men’s 66 kg wrestling | beijing 2008 |
| Sushil Kumar | silver | men’s 66 kg wrestling | london 2012 |
| vijay kumar | silver | Men’s 25m Rapid Pistol Shooting | london 2012 |
| Saina Nehwal | bronze | women’s singles badminton | london 2012 |
| Mary Kom | bronze | women’s flyweight boxing | london 2012 |
| Yogeshwar Dutt | bronze | Men’s 60kg Wrestling | london 2012 |
| Gagan Narang | bronze | 10 meter air rifle shooting | london 2012 |
| PV Sindhu | silver | women’s singles badminton | rio 2016 |
| Sakshi Malik | bronze | Women’s 58kg Wrestling | rio 2016 |
| Mirabai Chanu | silver | Women’s 49kg Weightlifting | tokyo 2020 |
| Lovlina Borgohain | bronze | Women’s Welterweight Boxing (64-69 kg) | tokyo 2020 |
| PV Sindhu | bronze | women’s singles badminton | tokyo 2020 |
| Ravi Kumar Dahiya | silver | Men’s Freestyle 57kg Wrestling | tokyo 2020 |
| indian hockey team | bronze | men’s hockey | tokyo 2020 |
| Bajrang Punia | bronze | Men’s 65kg Wrestling | tokyo 2020 |
| Neeraj Chopra | Gold | Men’s Javelin Throw | tokyo 2020 |
| Manu Bhakar | bronze | 10 meter air pistol | paris 2024 |
| Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh | bronze | 10m air pistol mixed team | paris 2024 |
| Swapnil Kusale | bronze | Men’s 50m Rifle Three Positions | paris 2024 |
| indian hockey team | bronze | men’s hockey | paris 2024 |
| Neeraj Chopra | silver | Men’s Javelin Throw | paris 2024 |
| Aman Sehrawat | bronze | men’s 57 kg wrestling | paris 2024 |
*** Note: Norman Pritchard participated for India under the British flag, he was a player of British origin.