Tokyo: Great Britain’s victory over Ireland in the women’s hockey match at the Olympics has turned out to be beneficial for India. The Indian women’s hockey team has reached the quarter-finals of the Olympics as soon as Ireland lost. It is to be known that before this, the Indian team had defeated South Africa 4-3 in their Pool A match.
The last match of Pool A was played between Britain and Ireland. In which Britain’s team won a one-sided victory, defeating Ireland 2-0. With this win, Britain has reached the quarter-finals. The loss to Ireland moved India to the fourth position in the pool table with six points.
Quarterfinal with England
The Indian women’s team has won two out of five matches in their league and lost three. After reaching the top four, his place in the quarter-finals has been confirmed. Where he will face England.
Reached the semi-finals 41 years ago
The Indian women’s team’s best performance at the Olympics was in the 1980 Moscow Olympics where it reached the semi-finals but had to settle for fourth place in the end.
Beat Africa 4-3
Indian Women’s Hockey Team (Women’s Hockey Team Won Match Against South Africa) defeated South Africa 4-3 in their last match of Group A. In this match, Vandana Kataria, a resident of Roshanabad, a small village in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, has done wonders. He created history by scoring 3 goals in this match.
Vandana Kataria scored a hat-trick of the goal
Vandana has scored 3 goals out of 4 in this match alone. With this, she also became the first Indian female hockey player to score 3 goals in an Olympic match. Let us tell you that no Indian had scored a hat-trick in the Olympics after 1984.
