Olympics News

1.3 billion Indians woke up to a historic morning as the Indian men’s hockey claimed its first Olympic medal since 1980. India defeated Germany in a 5-4 thriller to clinch the bronze medal, even though Manpreet Singh and his boys were trailing by 1-3 in the second quarter of the game.

India lost two of its heroes from the 1980 Olympic gold medallist hockey team – Ravinder Pal Singh and Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, within a span of few hours, with both of them succumbing to Covid-19. As reported, both of them were hospitalised and on ventilation after testing positive for the virus.

Indian hockey team’s drag flick expert VR Raghunath and women’s team striker Rani were conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee on Monday. The ceremony also saw Sylvanus Dung Dung being presented with the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement award.

After failing to win a medal at the Rio Olympics, Indian men’s and women’s hockey team returned to the country in the wee hours of Thursday. Men’s team captain PR Sreejesh admitted that there was a lot of disappointment, while coach Roelant Oltmans said that the results were satisfactory.