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Indian males’s hockey group arrived from Paris in New Delhi on Saturday morning.© PTI
The Olympic bronze medal profitable Indian males’s hockey group together with captain Harmanpreet Singh arrived from Paris in New Delhi on Saturday morning. The Indian group prolonged its document medal haul to 13 with a 2-1 victory over Spain within the third place match in Paris on Thursday. Nonetheless, not all members of the bronze medal profitable group made their means again dwelling as a number of important cogs remained within the French capital for the closing ceremony of the Video games. India’s ‘Wall’, goalkeeper PR Sreejesh was named because the joint flag bearer for the closing ceremony together with Paris Video games’ double medallist Manu Bhaker and remained in Paris.
Together with Sreejesh, Amit Rohidas, Raj Kumar Pal, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh and Sanjay are slated to return after the closing ceremony.
Harmanpreet and group members have been greeted with garlands and celebratory dhol as they made their means out of the arrivals on the Indira Gandhi Airport within the morning.
“We now have obtained all of the help, and all our necessities have been fulfilled. I actually wish to thank… We’re very comfortable and proud,” Harmanpreet informed the media on his arrival.
“It’s a massive achievement for hockey. The love that’s being showered upon hockey doubles our accountability. We will even attempt that every time we enter the sphere, we comeback with a medal,” he added.
The bronze medal win on Wednesday was India’s total thirteenth medal in males’s hockey together with eight gold medals and one silver.
Additionally it is for the primary time since 1972 that India clinched a second consecutive medal within the Olympics.
India had crushed Spain 2-1 within the bronze medal match on the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium – 1 within the French capital, following targets from skipper Harmanpreet (30, 33).
Along with his twin strikes Harmanpreet took his targets tally to 10 and completed because the event’s highest goal-scorer within the males’s class.
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