Women's hockey team gets lauded for fighting Olympic show

The bronze medal slipped out of its grasp but the Indian womens hockey team earn plaudits for its gritty display against Great Britain in the playoff match as the country celebrated the sides bestever performance at the Olympics The historymaking Indian womens hockey team which had already surpassed all expectations by entering the semifinals of the Games for the first time signed off with a fourth place finish after going down to Great Britain 34 in the bronze medal playoffPrime Minister Narendra Modi said the team can take pride from a campaign in which it beat Australia 10 in the quarterfinalsWe will always remember the great performance of our Womens Hockey Team at Tokyo2020 They gave their best throughout Each and every member of the team is blessed with remarkable courage skill and resilience India is proud of this outstanding teamWe narrowly missed a medal in Womens Hockey but this team reflects the spirit of New India where we give our best and scale new frontiers More importantly their success at Tokyo2020 will motivate young daughters of India to take up Hockey and excel in it Proud of this team Modi tweetedSports Minister Anurag Thakur said he is proud of their effortIndias daughters our determined athletes we are immensely proud of you he wroteA giant leap of faith amp fighting spirit by our womens hockey team a legacy that will inspire us to do even better You have shown us the way he saidFormer sports minister Kiren Rijiju said hockeys golden era is backDont break down girls you all played superb at Tokyo2020 by reaching top 4 in the world I appreciate our Womens Hockey for making India proud he postedMens team skipper Manpreet Singh and former hockey player Viren Rasquinha said the womens sides journey at the Olympics was one of the best stories of the ongoing Games They were there to cheer the team from the stands during the matchThe performance of the Indian womens hockey team has been one of the best stories of the Tokyo Olympics They played as a team and gave it their all Cannot ask for any more Thank you for giving us fans so many wonderful memories Rasquinha saidThis being our TheHockeyIndia eves highest finish at the Olympics tough luck but they fought superbly till the end They have won the nations heart and we are proud of them Manpreet tweetedBatting legend Sachin Tendulkar said Well done TeamIndia on giving your best and fighting till the very end You may have lost the match but you have won our hearts We are all very proud of youFormer cricketers Virender Sehwag Anil Kumle and VVS Laxman said the spirit with which the team performed will serve as an inspiration for the next generationBrilliant Effort girls You must hold your heads up high for the magnificent effort and the spirit with which you fought You have been instrumental in making the nation ho crazy for Hockey again TheHockeyIndia IndvsGBR Sehwag saidYou gave it your all Proud of how you played Won a billion hearts Created history and inspired the next gen Kumble saidNothing but respect for our girls who gave their best We are very proud of you and I am sure they will only get better Laxman tweetedShooter Heena Sidhu shuttler Jwala Gutta and gymnast Dipa Karmakar who had finished fourth in the Rio Olympics too paid rich tributes to the sideGB played better than us no doubt We have lost to a better team theres no shame in that We celebrated the medal yesterday we must stand with them during this loss as well They give it their all Proud of Ourgirls Sidhu wrotePlayed like tigresseschin up girlsyou were outstandingtheres more to come TheHockeyIndia Tokyo2020hi womenhockeyindia Gutta wroteJust so emotional Each and every member of this team must be celebrated for the fight they have put up womenshockey Hockey Tokyo2020 Karmakar saidIndian Olympic Assoaciation Secretary General Rajeev Mehta said The Indian Womens TheHockeyIndia team gave it their all and delivered a brilliant performance at Tokyo2020 The country is absolute proud of your fightback spirit today against Great Britain More power to you StrongerTogether TeamIndiaBollwood star Shah Rukh Khan who famously played the coach of the womens hockey team in Chak De India also chimed inHeartbreak But all reasons to hold our heads high Well played Indian Womens Hockey Team You all inspired everyone in India That itself is a victory Khan tweetedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever