Hockey, Olympics 2024: India promise foundation of new era with bronze in Paris

As the clock at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium wound down to the final two minutes of the match, Spain lay siege to the Indian goal. Having taken the lead in the 18th minute, which they lost to two Harmanpreet Singh penalty corners either side of the half-time break, Spain were at the last chance saloon.

They needed to score quickly to have any chance of forcing a penalty shootout in the men’s hockey bronze medal match at the 2024 Paris Olympics. They did most things right as they searched for the equaliser.

The forwards did their job by winning four penalty corners in the final 90 seconds. They even forced Harmanpreet Singh into making a rash challenge which he was fortunate enough to escape without getting booked.

The Spanish penalty corner batteries had four tries at the Indian goal and all four times they were denied. After being one of the best teams in Paris over the last week, India were not planning on going back home empty handed. Like at Tokyo 2020, they went on to take the bronze yet again.

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INDIA WINS BRONZE????

The men in blue beat Spain 2-1 to retain their bronze medal from the 2020 Tokyo Games????https://t.co/2gL5m7Sgxj pic.twitter.com/adBR4nKMtX— The Field (@thefield_in) August 8, 2024

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