Tokyo Olympics: Sports fraternity overjoyed as India men's hockey team clinch historic bronze

A resolute Indian mens hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years defeating a plucky Germany 54 to win the bronze in an edgeoftheseat playoff match of the ongoing Games here on ThursdayThe eighttime former goldwinners who battled a heartbreaking slump in the last four decades made the resurgence of the last couple of years count in the best way possible with an Olympic medalIndias only individual gold medallist at the Olympics and ace shooter Abhinav Bindra also cherished the proud moment An emotional moment for the entire nation a moment of pride The long wait has ended Congratulations to the Indian Mens Hockey team for their splendid achievement tweeted BindraAn emotional moment for the entire nation a moment of pride The long wait has ended Congratulations to the Indian Mens Hockey team for their splendid achievement TheHockeyIndiamdash Abhinav A Bindra OLY Abhinav_Bindra August 5 2021TheHockeyIndia manpreetpawar07 pictwittercomF8mHkyqXvbmdash Abhinav A Bindra OLY Abhinav_Bindra August 5 2021Iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar also hailed the hockey team and praised the efforts of goalkeeper PR Sreejesh for saving a penalty corner in the dying moments of the game Congratulations to each amp every member of the hockey contingent on winning the Bronze medal for India A fantastic hard fought win The penalty corner save by Sreejesh in the dying moments of the game was amazing Entire India is immensely proud tweeted TendulkarCongratulations to each amp every member of the hockey contingent on winning the Bronze for IndiaA fantastic hard fought winhellipThe penalty corner save by Sreejesh in the dying moments of the game was amazing Entire is immensely proudHockey Tokyo2020 Olympics pictwittercom7Rtko9kS63mdash Sachin Tendulkar sachin_rt August 5 2021Ace tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi was impressed with the approach of the Indian players Lion Hearts Cant say enough about the attitude first coming back and then holding on Congrats TheHockeyIndia on making history Truly emotional moment for the country allthatglittersisnotgoldOlympisiquest tweeted BhupathiLion Hearts canrsquot say enough about the attitude first coming back and then holding on Congrats TheHockeyIndia on making history Truly emotional moment for the country allthatglittersisnotgold Olympicsmdash Mahesh Bhupathi Maheshbhupathi August 5 2021Sports Minister Anurag Thakur too congratulated the Men in Blue for their performance A BILLION CHEERS for INDIA Boys youve done it We cant keep calm TeamIndia Our Mens Hockey Team dominated and defined their destiny in the Olympics history books today yet again We are extremely proud of you Tokyo 2020 tweeted ThakurHistoric A day that will be etched in the memory of every Indian Congratulations to our Menrsquos Hockey Team for bringing home the Bronze With this feat they have captured the imagination of the entire nation especially our youth India is proud of our Hockey team mdash Narendra Modi narendramodi August 5 2021India cricketers Shreyas Iyer Harmanpreet Kaur also savoured the moment Terrific achievement and one for the history books What a wonderful team Congratulations boys tweeted IyerTerrific achievement and one for the history books What a wonderful team Congratulations boys pictwittercomCArtZVH4LFmdash Shreyas Iyer ShreyasIyer15 August 5 2021Kaur tweeted 41 years was a long wait Well done boys manpreetpawar07 and Team Youve been stunning on the field We are all so proud of you Jai Hind41 years was a long wait Well done boys manpreetpawar07 and Team Yoursquove been stunning on the field We are all so proud of you Jai Hind pictwittercomYZgAevDYaEmdash Harmanpreet Kaur ImHarmanpreet August 5 2021Former India pacer RP Singh said the bronze medal was no less than a gold Bronze looks like gold as it has come after 41 long years Proud of our boys tweeted RPBronze looks like gold as it has come after 41 long years Proud of our boysmdash R P Singh rpsingh August 5 2021Noted boxer Vijender Singh himself a former Olympic medallist tweeted Well done boysWell done boys mdash Vijender Singh boxervijender August 5 2021This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever