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On August 5, every person woke up to the fascinating news of the Indian men’s hockey group winning a bronze medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. This is our hockey team’s initially medal in the Olympics just after a gap of 41 years! It’s certainly a historic day for the whole nation. Fans have flooded the online with congratulatory messages for group India.
Bollywood celebs as well took to their social media handles to congratulate the group for generating the whole nation proud. Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Madhur Bhandarkar, Tamannaah Bhatia and various other celebs celebrated the historic win of the Indian hockey group.
Shah Rukh Khan tweeted congratulating the group, “Wow!! Indian Men’s Hockey Team Congratulations. Resilience and ability at its peak. What an fascinating match(sic).”
Wow!! Indian Men’s Hockey Team Congratulations. Resilience and ability at its peak. What an fascinating match.
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 5, 2021
Superstar Akshay Kumar sharing a memorable moment from the post-match ceremony, wrote, “Congratulations Team India on rewriting history! An Olympic medal just after 41 years! What a match, what a comeback! #Tokyo2020(sic).”
Congratulations Team India on rewriting history! An Olympic medal just after 41 years! What a match, what a comeback! #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/3mdym3Cupa
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) August 5, 2021
“A win that will go down in history. What a phenomenal overall performance by our men’s hockey group. Bringing home the bronze just after 41 years! Congratulations Team India” tweeted Tamannaah Bhatia.
A win that will go down in history! 🇮🇳
What a phenomenal overall performance by our men’s hockey group
Bringing home the bronze just after 41 years! Congratulations Team India #Olympics #Cheer4India #BackTheBlue pic.twitter.com/oEAcOVz8h1— Tamannaah Bhatia (@tamannaahspeaks) August 5, 2021
Nimrat Kaur also lauded the Indian group. “Huge congratulations to the men’s hockey group!!! Absolutely extraordinary#Olympics,” she tweeted.
Huge congratulations to the men’s hockey group!!! Absolutely extraordinary #Olympics
— Nimrat Kaur (@NimratOfficial) August 5, 2021
Kunal Kapoor mentioned, “Historic! What an extraordinary match!Such extraordinary spirit and determination! So proud of you all!Jai Hind(sic).”
Historic! What an extraordinary match! Such extraordinary spirit and determination! So proud of y’all! Jai Hind!!🇮🇳 #Tokyo2020 #IndianHockey pic.twitter.com/mSgT31CyVY
— Kunal Kapoor (@kapoorkkunal) August 5, 2021
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar also expressed his joy and congratulated the whole group.
Congratulations to Indian Men’s hockey group for Bronze medal in Olympics 2020. #TeamIndia #nationalpride #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/t2zOWDMfaZ
— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) August 5, 2021
Team India defeated 4-time champions Germany by 5-4 in a nail-biting match to bag the bronze medal. It’s a large day for India at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics 2020.
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