The Indian women’shockey team returned home after a great performance in the Tokyo Olympics. Theyare welcomed at airport with great zeal. After returning to India, their RT-PCRTest was conducted. Later, cake cutting ceremony took place.
The hockey team willstay in Ashoka Hotel in Delhi. During this, the Prime Minister of the country,Narendra Modi will meet them. The players will also have dinner and breakfastin the morning in Delhi itself. In the morning everyone will leave for theirrespective states.
The Indian women’shockey team comprises nine players from Haryana and one from Punjab and allwill leave for their respective homes on Tuesday from Delhi. State CM ManoharLal has also announced to give 50-50 lakh rupees to all the players, describingthem as the queens of Jhansi. The state government will honor a total of 14players of the state.
These include hockeyteam captain Rani Rampal, Manika, Nisha, Navjot Kaur, Udita, Sharmila, NavneetKaur, Savita and Neha. At the same time, Gurjit Kaur of Punjab is also a partof the team. In the Olympics, his drag flick was in a lot of discussions. ThePunjab government on Friday announced to name the stadium at Ajnala in Amritsarafter Gurjit Kaur.
India's dream of abronze medal in their maiden entry into the semifinal by the women's hockeyteam came crashing down as it lost 4-3 to Great Britain in a playoff at theTokyo Olympic on Friday.
The Indians playedtheir hearts out, storming back after trailing 0-2 to take the lead but couldnot maintain the tempo as Great Britain scored the winner in the fourth quarterto claim the bronze medal, their third medal in three Olympic Games startingfrom London 2012.
Still the womenhockey team performed exceptionally well and made all Indians proud of them.