The Indian team made a strong comeback and won the Olympic medal after 41 years.
The Indian men's hockey team ended a 41-year drought in the Olympics by defeating Germany 5-4 to win the bronze medal. Earlier, India had won a medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which came in the form of gold.
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| Indai won Bronze medial |
India vs germany fight for Bronze medial:
India was trailing 3-2 in the opening round. But India came back strongly and put themselves ahead. At the end of the second quarter, the match was leveled at 3-3. Penalties in the third half-time Coming back with a stroke, India took a 4-3 lead, shortly after Simranjit scored a field goal to reduce the score to 5-3.
From here, Germany did reduce the gap by one goal, but they took a 5-4 lead, they failed to win. India's match ended with this victor.