India end 41-year wait for hockey medal

India has ended their 41-year wait for a hockey medal at the Tokyo Olympics by beating four-time champions Germany 5-4 in a nail-biter of a bronze medal match.

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The last time India had won a medal in hockey was at the 1980 Moscow Games where they got the gold. It was India’s last of the eight Olympic golds.

It is India’s third hockey bronze medal in the history of the Olympics. The other two came in 1968 Mexico City and the 1972 Munich Games.