India rejoices as women\'s hockey team makes maiden entry into Olympic semifinals
Deccan ChronicleNew Delhi: "A dream moment", said the country's sports fraternity in unison as it celebrated the resurgence of Indian hockey at the Olympics after the women's team advanced to its first ever semifinal at the Games in Tokyo on Monday. Wish the team all the best.#Cheer4India @thehockeyindia — Naveen Patnaik August 2, 2021 India's first ever individual silver at the Olympics, shooter Col Rajyavardhan Rathore, who was also the sports minister in the past, added to the praise. #Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/1JLNz3dWU2 — Col Rajyavardhan Rathore August 2, 2021 The country's lone individual Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra and Rio bronze medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik sent their best wishes. 🙌 The #IND women's #hockey team are into the SEMI-FINALS after beating #AUS 1-0 ðŸ‘ðŸ‘#Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/sE5lwjaTMW — Sakshi Malik August 2, 2021 Multiple-time world champion cueist Pankaj Advani also took to the social networking site to wish the Rani Rampal-led side. Indian hockey has been been super impressive at the #OlympicGames Imagine if both men and women came back with Gold medals 🥇🥇 #Cheer4India — Pankaj Advani August 2, 2021 India football team skipper Sunil Chhetri shared his experience about India's successes on consecutive days in the ongoing Olympics.