In the Paris Olympics 2024, the Indian hockey team defeated Spain 2-1 in the bronze medal match. With this, the Indian hockey team won the bronze medal in the second consecutive Olympics after 52 years. 36-year-old goalkeeper PR Sreejesh also bid farewell to the game with this historic victory. This was Sreejesh's last match for India. Whereas for Spain, which won the silver medal in 2008, the Olympic medal drought continued even after 16 years. India won the bronze medal for the second consecutive time after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Before this, India had last won two consecutive Olympic medals in the years 1968 and 1972. Captain Harmanpreet scored two goals in the match for India and he was also the highest scorer with 11 goals for India in the entire Olympics. However, India's hopes of winning the gold medal after 44 years were dashed due to the defeat by Germany in the semi-finals. She was completely shattered. Now the players of the Indian hockey team will once again return home with a bronze medal. The whole team gave Sreejesh a special tribute after the match.
PR Sreejesh gets special tribute
The whole Indian team was emotional after this win and Sreejesh was down on the ground crying tears of happiness before everyone just came and swarmed over him to embrace the legendary cricketer. After this, the whole team bowed down to Sreejesh together. This moment gave everyone goosebumps and now the video of that tribute is going viral all across the social space at a rapid pace.
India defeated Spain 2-1 and captured the bronze medal. The Indian hockey team defeated New Zealand, Ireland, and Australia in Pool B, lost to Belgium, and drew with Argentina. After this, India defeated Great Britain in the quarterfinals and lost 2-3 to Germany in the semi-finals. The Indian hockey team last won the gold medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. After 41 years, the Indian hockey team won the bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. India has so far won eight gold, one silver, and three bronze medals in the Olympic history in hockey.
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