Olympics-Hockey-Bronze medal will rekindle India's love for hockey, says goalie


  • Hockey
  • Thursday, 05 Aug 2021

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Hockey - Men - Bronze medal match - Germany v India - Oi Hockey Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran of India celebrates winning the match for bronze. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Indian hockey will get a massive shot in the arm after the men's team won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games on Thursday, said goalkeeper Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran.

The most successful hockey nation in Olympic history with eight men's titles, India's last medal came at the 1980 Moscow Games when they topped the podium.

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