India won second hockey Olympic medal after 1972
Paris: Apna Punjab Media: Indian hockey team defeated Spain 2-1 and won bronze medal in Paris Olympics. India won its second consecutive Olympic hockey medal for the first time since 1972. Captain Harmanpreet Singh expressed happiness over his team’s victory and said that “hockey is back.” Hockey India announced that each player of the Indian men’s hockey team that won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 will receive a cash prize of Rs 15 lakh. While support staff members will be given a reward of Rs 7.7 lakh. This is the second consecutive Olympic medal for the Indian men’s hockey team, which was last won 52 years ago.
Captain Harmanpreet Singh said, “Hockey India is proud to announce a cash award of Rs 15 lakh for each player and Rs 7.5 lakh for each support staff member of the Indian men’s hockey team for their outstanding performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Used to be.” doing.”
The match, played at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Paris, was particularly significant as it was also the farewell game for legendary Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, who had earlier announced that these games would be his last in the Indian jersey. “The team was fully prepared,” coach Craig Fulton said. His courage did not break in the face of pressure. Aggressive from the beginning, Spain continued to attack the Indian territory in the last five minutes. Our players were a little nervous. The usually composed Harmanpreet beat Jordi Bonastre in India’s dangerous area in the last minute and gave away another penalty corner. However, India was successful in stopping the ball. Then there was a flood of emotions and the players started jumping. Over the past 14 months since taking over as coach, Craig Fulton has always focused on building confidence and strengthening the defence. Fulton was pleased with the team’s performance today.
