Tokyo Olympics: Belgium beat India 5-2 in the semi-final match of man’s hockey

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New Delhi: The Indian men’s hockey team has been defeated by world champion Belgium in the semi-final match of Tokyo Olympics 2020 today. Yes, in this thorny match that happened today, Belgium has defeated India by 5-2. Now India will play for the bronze medal.

The Indian men’s hockey team lost 2-5 to world champions Belgium in the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympic Games after conceding three goals within the last 11 minutes. The Indian team reached the semi-finals of the Olympics after 49 years and will now take on the team that lost in the second semi-final between Australia and Germany for the bronze medal.

Let us tell you that Team India had a chance to win this medal after 41 years. Prior to this, Team India last won the gold medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Then it defeated Spain 4-3 in the final. Yes, the Indian men’s hockey team won gold in the Olympics in 1980, ie 41 years ago, by defeating Spain. India won this match 4-3. Vasudevan was the captain and leader of the Indian team at that time.

Indian Hockey team

Harmanpreet Singh (7th) and Mandeep Singh (8th) scored for India while Aleksandr Hendrix (19th, 49th, and 53rd) scored three goals for Belgium while Loic Fanny Lypert (2nd) and John John Dohmann (60th) scored. ) scored a goal.

What PM Modi said:
Here on the defeat of Team India in this hockey team game held today, PM Modi said – Victory and defeat are part of life, we are proud of our players.

It is to be known that today’s match was so much ‘craze’ among the people that, today Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself was also watching this semi-final match between India and Belgium. In this regard, he told this by tweeting today.

Significantly, today is the 12th day of the Tokyo Olympics. Meanwhile, the Indian men’s hockey team has faced fierce competition against world champions Belgium in the semi-finals. Team India is expected to win and medal in this match. Let us tell you that India last won the gold medal at the Moscow Olympics but it reached the semi-finals for the first time since the 1972 Munich Olympics. Matches at the Moscow Olympics were played on a round-robin basis.

Let us know that on the 11th day of the Tokyo Olympics, India was disappointed in the discus throw. In this competition, Kamalpreet Kaur finished sixth in the final. His best throw is 63.70 meters.

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