Twitter reacts as Indian men’s hockey team claim an Olympic medal after 41 years

Forget 1983, 2007 or 2011, this medal in Hockey is bigger than any World Cup! #IndianHockeyMyPride 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/UZjfPwFHJJ

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) August 5, 2021

Chak De Fattey ! Burraaah

A landmark day for @TheHockeyIndia

After being down 3-1, INDIA fights back to win the bronze medal match 5-3, a first Olympic medal in #Hockey after 40 years. Mazaa aa gaya #IndvsGer pic.twitter.com/0T3ssVPnRG

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 5, 2021

Congratulations 🇮🇳 . Bronze in Hockey after 41 yrs . What a game. Proud of Indian Hockey. @TheHockeyIndia @Olympics pic.twitter.com/JkJVZYWNp3

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) August 5, 2021

Wow ! Wow !

Elated seeing the Indian Hockey Team coming back in grand style from being 3-1 down, fighting back and winning the bronze medal match against Germany, India's first medal in #Hockey since 1980 .#IndvsGer.

Many congratulations @TheHockeyIndia pic.twitter.com/gE2DBEnm5T

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 5, 2021

Bronze looks like gold as it has come after 41 long years. Proud of our boys!

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) August 5, 2021

Inspirational win by #MensHockeyTeam Congratulations 🎉 #MEDAL for India #Bronze #Olympics

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) August 5, 2021

Congratulations to our men's hockey team for winning an Olympic Medal in hockey after 41 years. The team showed exceptional skills, resilience & determination to win. This historic victory will start a new era in hockey and will inspire the youth to take up and excel in the sport

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 5, 2021

After 41 years wait..!

A golden moment for Indian Hockey and Indian Sports! Finally, long wait is over as India defeated Germany to win Hockey Men's Olympic Bronze medal at #Tokyo2020



India in complete celebration mood! Congratulations to our Hockey players !! #Cheer4India 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/RmeGOnCpBn

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) August 5, 2021

Hockey is back baby - Bronze hai lekin Gold se kam performance nahi. C'mon Team India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 so so happy 😍😍#hockey #india #Olympic #medal #Congratulations pic.twitter.com/Sar2MYkiGg

— Ritu phogat (@PhogatRitu) August 5, 2021

Congratulations to our men’s hockey team! The wait is finally over. #believe #Hockey #Bronze pic.twitter.com/2THC7EFmus

— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) August 5, 2021

After a tiring wait of 41 years we have finally won a Medal in Hockey. Excellent job @TheHockeyIndia team. Entire nation is proud of you ❤️✌️🇮🇳#Hockey #Congratulations #IND #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/xVhkjWqOUj

— Deepak Niwas Hooda (@DeepakHooda5555) August 5, 2021

The 16 who scripted history:

Manpreet, Sreejesh, Harmanpreet, Rupinder, Surender, Amit, Birendra, Hardik, Vivek, Nilakanta, Sumit, Shamsher, Dilpreet, Gurjant, Lalit, Mandeep.

Remember them, cherish them,

tell your children about them. Let them inspire a generation🇮🇳 #indvsger pic.twitter.com/7ykehC46gC

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) August 5, 2021