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Tokyo Olympics: India men's hockey team's dream of gold unfulfilled, lose 2-5 to Belgium in semis

The Indians had only themselves to blame for Tuesday's disappointment as Belgium's four goals came from penalty corners. The Indian defence was put under relentless pressure by the Belgians as they secured as many as 14 penalty corners out of which they converted four

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India's Shamsher Singh in action in the men's field hockey semifinal match against Belgium, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Pic/PTI

India's Shamsher Singh in action in the men's field hockey semifinal match against Belgium, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Pic/PTI

The Indian men's hockey team's dream of entering the Olympics final after 41-years remained unfulfilled as it lost 2-5 to world champions Belgium in the last-four stage but the side is still in the hunt for a bronze in the Tokyo Games here on Tuesday.

Alexander Hendrickx (19th, 49th, 53rd minutes), the tournament's highest goal getter, scored a hat-trick while Loick Luypaert (2nd minute) and John-John Dohmen (60th) also struck to hand the reigning silver-medallists their second successive entry into the final of the Olympics.

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