NEW DELHI: The Indian males’s hockey workforce on Thursday clinched a second successive bronze medal within the Olympic Video games, defeating Spain 2-1 within the third place playoff match in Paris.
The win for India within the bronze medal match meant that star goalkeeper PR Sreejesh bowed out with 2 Olympic medals in his glittering 18-year-old lengthy profession.
Feelings ran excessive within the Indian camp after the ultimate hooter as Sreejesh — The Nice Indian Wall of Indian hockey — was seen crashing onto the turf with a sigh of reduction.
His teammates had been then seen saluting the legendary goalkeeper whereas skipper Harmanpreet Singh lifted him on his shoulders for a lap after the triumph.
The win for India within the bronze medal match meant that star goalkeeper PR Sreejesh bowed out with 2 Olympic medals in his glittering 18-year-old lengthy profession.
Feelings ran excessive within the Indian camp after the ultimate hooter as Sreejesh — The Nice Indian Wall of Indian hockey — was seen crashing onto the turf with a sigh of reduction.
His teammates had been then seen saluting the legendary goalkeeper whereas skipper Harmanpreet Singh lifted him on his shoulders for a lap after the triumph.
Sreejesh bowed out as the most effective ever goalkeeper India has produced.
Within the match, eight-time champions India got here from behind to gather their thirteenth males’s Olympic hockey medal.
Harmanpreet (thirtieth, thirty third minute) scored a brace for India, whereas Spain’s solely aim was scored by captain Marc Miralles within the 18th minute from a penalty stroke on the Yves du Manoir Stadium in Colombes, northwest of Paris.
It’s India’s fourth bronze medal, and second in succession following Tokyo, and provides to these eight golds, the final of which got here in 1980, and three silvers.
