Paris Olympics 2024: “Congratulations lions…”- Indian hockey team won bronze medal, cricket world congratulated
Indian hockey team has won the bronze medal by defeating Spain 2-1 Indian Hockey Team (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Paris Olympics 2024: The Indian hockey team has won the bronze medal by defeating Spain 2-1. This is India’s 13th Olympic medal in men’s hockey. The team won the gold medal in 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964 and 1980. It won silver in 1960 and bronze medals in 1968, 1972, 2020 and 2024. Let us tell you, this was the first time since 1972 that India has won back to back medals in hockey at the Olympics. In the battle for the bronze medal, Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh scored two goals in the 30th and 33rd minutes of the match, while the only goal for Spain was scored by captain Marc Miralles from a penalty stroke in the 18th minute. Spain attacked many times and also won many penalty corners, but they failed to get past PR Sreejesh. This match was also the last match of Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh. PR Sreejesh got emotional after the victory After India’s victory, Sreejesh became very emotional, he was crying for a long time while lying on the field. Other players hugged Sreejesh and gave him a grand farewell by lifting him on their shoulders. PR Sreejesh has won two Olympic bronze medals, two Asian Games gold medals, one bronze medal, two Commonwealth Games silver medals, one Asia Cup silver medal and two Champions Trophy medals while playing for India. After the Indian hockey team won the bronze medal, Indian cricketers have congratulated them on social media. Players like Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh have tweeted on social media. Reactions of cricketers on Indian hockey team winning bronze medal- “Hockey is an emotion” Jai Hind! 🇮🇳 Perfect farewell to our champion #Shreejesh!Brilliant Bronze 🥉 pic.twitter.com/ejDzVNEl6F — Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) August 8, 2024 Brilliant effort from the boys to beat Spain and a second consecutive Olympic bronze for our boys. Congratulations @TheHockeyIndia , #ParisOlympics2024 pic.twitter.com/O66eymgNM7 — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 8, 2024 Outstanding display by Team India and a much deserved medal for our boys.@TheHockeyIndia #Paris2024Olympics pic.twitter.com/j4ydkxmGfF — Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) August 8, 2024 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐙𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐀𝐋 no.4🥉 HOCKEY: India BEAT Spain 2-1 🇮🇳🇮🇳 ! A perfect farewell for the “Great Wall of India” Sreejesh, signing off on a terrific career between the sticks with another Olympic Bronze medal added to his… pic.twitter.com/tFbdhqMtqO — MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) August 8, 2024 Many congratulations to the Indian men’s hockey team on securing a second consecutive Olympic Bronze medal. Outstanding effort from our boys. #Paris2024Olympics @TheHockeyIndia pic.twitter.com/yPebk7BnCF — VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 8, 2024 Much deserving. A bronze. Fantastic play. — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 8, 2024 Absolutely stunning play by the Indian Hockey team to fight back and get the game after trailing 1-0 in the first-quarter! @13harmanpreet has led the team by example! Big congratulations @TheHockeyIndia on winning the Bronze medal!#Olympics — Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) August 8, 2024 Greetings! @TheHockeyIndia well done Shero ❤️ pic.twitter.com/sKHvJXOKGW — Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) August 8,…
It was because of MS Dhoni that Swapnil Kusale won bronze in Paris Olympics, the Indian athlete himself made a big revelation
Swapnil Kusale said that he was deeply influenced by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who himself was a railway ticket collector before becoming an international cricketer. Swapni Kusale (Pic Source-X) Swapnil Kusale has won the bronze medal in Paris Olympics 2024 on 1 August. Swapnil Kusale won this medal in 50m rifle 3 position, which is also called Marathon of Shooting. This is India’s third medal in Paris Olympics. India has won all three medals in shooting. Before Swapnil Kusale, Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh have won medals in Paris Games. Talking about Olympic history, Swapnil is the seventh Indian shooter to win a medal. Along with this, Swapnil Kusale made a big revelation in which he also praised former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Swapnil Kusale said that he was greatly influenced by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who himself was a railway ticket collector before becoming an international cricketer. Let us tell you, Swapnil Kusale is from Kambalwadi village near Kolhapur in Maharashtra who has been participating in international events since 2012. However, he had to wait for a long 12 years and the brilliant athlete made his debut in the Paris Olympics 2024. Swapnil Kusale told PTI, ‘I do not follow anyone in the world of shooting. I consider Dhoni as my idol because he is a very good person. My game reflects that we need to be very calm on the field and also his and my story is similar because I have also been a ticket collector like him. Swapnil Kusale has been working in Central Railway since 2015 Let us tell you, Swapnil Kusale has been working in Central Railway since 2015. Swapnil further said, ‘Every shot is a new shot. I was just trying with patience. Just have to shoot and stay calm. There are always many things going on in your mind regarding the score but I was not thinking like this at all. It was a really good experience. I love shooting and I am happy that I was able to win a bronze medal after such a long time. Seeing Manu, my confidence also increased a lot. If she can win, then I can also do it. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh won bronze medal, cricket world tweeted in their praise
With this medal, Bhaker’s name has been recorded in the history of Indian Olympics. She has become the first athlete from the country to win two medals in the same Olympic edition in 124 years. India has won two Olympic medals in shooting for the first time since the London Olympics-2012. Manu and Sarabjot had made it to the bronze medal match by scoring 580 in the qualification round. However, India did not get a good start in this match. In the first round, the Korean team scored 20.5 and India scored 18.8. But after this, both Manu and Sarabjot shot strongly. In the next round, India scored 21.2 and Korea scored 19.9. In the third round, India again won and scored 20.8 while Korea could score only 19.8. The Korean team asked for a time out before the sixth series but it was of no use. Manu and Sarabjot again did not give any chance to the Korean team and created history by winning the bronze. After winning the medal, Manu Bhaker was quoted by Jio Cinema as saying, “I am really feeling proud. I am very grateful that I was able to do this. Thanks for all the blessings. We cannot control (everything). We only want to control what is in our hands. Our plan was to keep fighting till the last shot.” The success of these two has created a buzz in the Indian cricket fraternity and they congratulated them on winning bronze medals at the Paris Olympics. Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir praised both the athletes and posted this in their praise. Indian cricket world congratulated Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh Superb performance @realmanubhaker and #SarabjotSingh! 🇮🇳’s second medal! pic.twitter.com/ZN1DAuwfx4 — Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) July 30, 2024