India hockey star Rupinder Pal Singh: In team meetings we used to say we should play like the girls
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India hockey star Rupinder Pal Singh: In team meetings we used to say we should play like the girls

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Both the men's and women's hockey teams suffered shaky starts to the Tokyo Olympics but they ended up breaking barriers and setting milestones towards the end of it. While women's captain Rani Rampal had earlier said that the team took motivation out of the way the men played in their tournament, men's team drag-flicker and defender Rupinder Pal Singh said that the performances of their female counterparts had a similar effect on them. The Indian women's team started the tournament with a 1-5 defeat to eventual gold medallists Netherlands, followed by a 0-2 defeat to Germany and a 1-4 defeat to Rio 2016 gold medallists Great Britain. The Indian women's team win over Australia in what was their first ever Olympic knockout game is regarded as one of the biggest upsets of Tokyo 2020. "This medal looks so beautiful" However, they took bronze, India's first hockey medal at the Olympics in 41 years, with a thrilling 5-4 win over four-time champions Germany.

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