Spirit of New India: PM Modi lauds Indian women's hockey team
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday lauded the "spirit" of the Indian women's hockey team, which narrowly missed a bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Modi tweeted, "We narrowly missed a medal in Women’s 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."
We narrowly missed a medal in Women’s 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.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 6, 2021
Indian women's hockey team went down fighting against Great Britain in the crucial bronze medal match of the Tokyo Games 2020 here on Thursday.
Britain defeated India 4-3 in the clash.
The eves finished fourth in the major sports event. This is India's best-ever finish in the grand event.
We salute the indomitable spirit of our Women’s #Hockey Team👏👏
— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) August 6, 2021
You have won billions of hearts today!! Making your opponents laud your courage, grit and resilience speaks volumes about your Game
🇮🇳 is extremely proud of you!!#Tokyo2020 | #Olympics | #Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/6YMdCoj7Bl
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