Tokyo Olympics: India Defeated Australia In The Semifinals Of Women’s Hockey For The First Time.
Tokyo Olympics: Gurjit Kaur scored a goal for the Indian team, who eliminated the Australian team in Monday’s Olympic hockey quarter-finals. They entered the semi-finals for the first time in the Olympics and made history.
The Indian women’s hockey team made history on Monday, reaching the Olympic semifinals for the first time, defeating three-time champion Australia with a single goal. One day after the Indian men’s team entered the Olympic semi-finals after 49 years, the world’s 9th women’s team also went down in history with incomparably brave performance. After entering the game, Australia, ranked second in the world, a strong undefeated opponent, is completely lost to India in the final four rounds waiting for them.
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India’s best performance in the Olympics can be traced back to the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where they finished fourth out of six teams. In this Olympics, women’s hockey made its debut in the Olympics.
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