The last time the senior Indian women’s hockey team won a gold medal in a major international event was way back in 2002, at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. That set the tone for the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Chak de India which went on to become a blockbuster in 2007. 

It’s party time: Members of the Indian women’s hockey team make for a happy picture as they celebrate their Rio Olympics qualification in New Delhi yesterday. Pic/PTI. Inset. Hockey India president Narinder Batra