Paris Olympics 2024: India Clinch Historic Medal

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The Indian Men’s hockey clinched a historic bronze medal in a thrilling contest against Spain played in Paris on 8th August 2024.

It was an aggressive start for both teams gauging each other’s defense. Sukhjeet Singh missed a golden chance to convert it into a goal. Manpreet got injured as Harmanpreet Singh hit a forceful shot. At the end of the first quarter, the score remained 0-0.

Spain began the second quarter on a good note earning a penalty stroke. Marc Miralles converted it into a goal in the 18th minute to give a 1-0 lead. Spain earned two back-to-back penalty corners. They maintained the pressure with aggressive moves keeping the pressure on the Indian defense. Harmanpreet Singh converted a penalty corner in the 30th minute to level the scores at 1-1.

India began the third quarter on a good move with Harmanpreet Singh converting his second penalty corner in the 33rd minute to give India a 2-1 lead. Spain put pressure on the Indian defense with a penalty corner who cleared the shot away. Indian then put attack with a short corner which was well saved by the Spanish goalkeeper. It was end-to-end hockey for both teams but could not yield any goals. At the end of the third quarter, the scores remained 2-1 in favor of India.

The fourth quarter saw starting with a penalty corner. The Spain forwards showed attacking moves with penalty corners. Sukhjeet Singh was awarded a green for the second time in this match. Indian defense remained solid and never allowed Spain any chances. P Sreejesh was superb with his saves in his last match for Team India.

Spain got a few more penalty corners in the dying minutes, but P Sreejesh remained denied them. The Indian team celebrated with joy defending the Tokyo Olympics bronze medal.

The Indian men’s hockey team produced lovely performances in the Paris Olympics 2024. They finished 2nd in the pool stage winning 3-2 against New Zealand, 1-1 draw against Argentina, 2-0 win over Ireland, stunning Australia 3-2. Their only loss came against 1-2 against Belgium.

The quarterfinals against Great Britain were amazing performance with Amit Rohidas getting a red card and the Indian team playing with 10 players. P Sreejesh stood tall with a 4-2 victory in shootouts.

They missed the services of Amit Rohidas in the semi-finals losing to Germany. Despite coming back at 2-2, they conceded a goal six minutes before the hooter.



 





Indian men's team won historic bronze in the 2024 Paris Olympics 

 

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