“Chak De India”, The Story Of Twitter As The Script Of The Women’s Hockey Team.
Tokyo Olympics: As Gurjit Kaur scored for India to help them defeat Australia, and reached their first ever women’s hockey Olympic semifinals on Monday, Twitter is on fire.
On Monday, the Indian women’s hockey team entered the Olympic semifinals for the first time and made history. Thanks to Gurjit Kaur’s goal in the second quarter, India defeated Australia 1-0 and reached the semi-finals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. When the Indian women’s team led by Rani Rampal received congratulatory messages, celebrities and fans took to social media. The former Indian cricket player Virender Sehwag was the first to react and praised the women’s team on Twitter. “Itni khushi shayad kisi jeet par mehsoos huyi hogi! Absolute wow moment. Our girl participated in the Olympic hockey semi-finals for the first time.Full of pride. Chak is from India#Hockey,” he wrote.
At the same time, Kiren Rijiju expressed his joy on social media. He tweeted: “India’s dream has come true! Our women’s hockey team beat Australia! The Indian men’s and women’s teams are already in the #Tokyo2020 Olympics Entered the semi-finals! I have nothing to say to express my excitement and happiness!”
The current Minister of Sports, Anurag Thakur, wrote on Twitter: “Excellent performance! #TeamIndia Women’s Hockey Team in #Tokio2020 is making history! We made history for the first time in the Olympic semifinals. Defeated Australia. 1.3 billion Indians entered the women’s hockey team: “We are chasing you!”
The Indian men’s hockey team have also reached the Olympic semifinals for the first time in four decades after beating Great Britain in the quarterfinals on Sunday.
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