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Tokyo Olympics 2020 LIVE, Day 13: India beat Germany 5-4 to win bronze medal in hockey; Vinesh Phogat beaten in quarters

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Tokyo Olympics 2020 LIVE, Day 13: India beat Germany 5-4 to win bronze medal in hockey; Vinesh Phogat beaten in quarters

India beat Germany in the bronze medal match in men's hockey at Tokyo Olympics. AFP

Highlights

08:52 (ist)

Hockey: IND 5-4 GER

India captain Manpreet Singh is in tears. The players can't believe it what they have achieved. The Indian fans all around the glob can't either. Decades of hurt and it's finally over. 

After 41 years, Indian men's hockey team will return from the Olympic Games with a medal. 

Soak it in.     
08:47 (ist)

Hockey: IND 5-4 GER

Penalty corner to Germany. Last chance for them and Sreejesh saves!!!!!

INDIA BEAT GERMANY TO WIN THE BRONZE!
08:28 (ist)

Hockey, 4th quarter: IND 5-4 GER

GOAL for Germany!

Lukas Windfeder beats Sreejesh from a penalty corner. 
08:03 (ist)

Hockey, 3rd quarter: IND 5-3 GER

GOAAAAL!

One more for India.

Gurjant with a superb run on the right flack and Simranjeet makes no mistake from a close range.   
07:59 (ist)

Hockey, 3rd quarter: IND 4-3 GER

GOAL! 

Penalty stroke to India for a challenge on Mandeep. Germany take the review but there's no reason to change the original decision. 

Rupinder Pal Singh scores to give India the lead! 
07:52 (ist)

Hockey: IND 3-3 GER

A superb period of hockey. Germany at their attacking best but India ensured they stayed in the match. They were 1-3 down in the second quarter but Hardik pounced on a rebound to make it 2-3 and then Harmanpreet used his power to maximum effect to score the third goal from a penalty corner. 

This could be a thriller. 
07:45 (ist)

Hockey, 2nd quarter: IND 3-3 GER

India equalise! 

Harmanpreet Singh converts the penalty corner. Too much power in the dragflick.
07:42 (ist)

Hockey, 2nd quarter: IND 2-3 GER

Goal for India! 

German goalkeeper blocks the penalty corner but Hardik Singh converts the rebound from a close range. 
07:41 (ist)

Hockey, 2nd quarter: IND 1-3 GER

Germany score the third!

Sloppy work by India and Germany take the advantage. Benedikt Furk scores. 
07:36 (ist)

Hockey, 2nd quarter: IND 1-2 GER

GOAL! Germany go ahead again. Niklas Wellen with a lovely field goal. 
07:30 (ist)

Hockey, 2nd quarter: IND 1-1 GER

GOAAL!

Superb from Simranjeet as he receives the ball in the centre and unleashes a tomahawk to ensure India equalise. 
07:24 (ist)

Hockey: IND 0-1 GER

Four back-to-back penalty corners for Germany but they can't double their lead. That's the end of the quarter and Germany dominated this one. Sreejesh shows top form again to deny quite a few chances.   
07:03 (ist)

Hockey, 1st quarter: IND 0-1 GER

GOAL! Germany have opened the scoring! 

Fast start by the Germans and they don't take long to convert a good chance. Timur Oruz scores a field goal.  

LIVE NEWS and UPDATES

Aug 05, 2021 - 11:17 (IST)

'Proud of you all': PM Modi speaks to Manpreet Singh, coaches

PM Modi spoke to the Men’s Hockey Captain Manpreet Singh, Head Coach Graham Reid and Assistant Coach Piyush Dubey. He congratulated the team for emerging victorious and bringing home the Bronze. The PM told Manpreet Singh: "you have scripted history". He remarked that today Manpreet’s voice is loud and clear, whereas it was slightly muted the other day (when India lost to Belgium). Manpreet thanked PM for his constant encouragement to the team.

Aug 05, 2021 - 11:00 (IST)

Abhinav Bindra pens a note to the Indian hockey team

Aug 05, 2021 - 10:57 (IST)

Do walls smile? If they could, today would be the day

Aug 05, 2021 - 10:41 (IST)

Golf

Diksha Dagar is done with her second round and moves two places up to tied 54th. She is 6-over after two rounds with scores of 76 and 72.

Aug 05, 2021 - 10:37 (IST)

A team of legends!

Aug 05, 2021 - 10:33 (IST)

India women's hockey team's historic run forged with self-belief and determination

For a team that finished last (12th) at the Rio Games in 2016, a final, a gold medal was always too big a task, one would say. But try telling that to Rani Rampal and Co who not only created history in Tokyo by becoming the first Indian women's team to reach the semi-finals but also made people of the cricket-crazy country forget Virat Kohli and his men who were playing at Nottingham, as they waited with bated breath for the outcome of the India-Argentina hockey match.

Read Ujwal Singh's article on a special team and their special players.  

Aug 05, 2021 - 10:27 (IST)

One for the future. Where were you when India won a medal at Tokyo Olympics?

Aug 05, 2021 - 10:12 (IST)

'Golden moment for Indian hockey and sports'

Here's how people on Twitter have reacted to India's bronze medal in hockey. A long-awaited medal in hockey!

Aug 05, 2021 - 09:45 (IST)

Historic indeed!

Aug 05, 2021 - 09:41 (IST)

Athletics

Elsewhere, Ryan Crouser broke his own Olympic record on his way to defending his shot put title on a hot day in Tokyo. On his last attempt, Crouser went 23.30 meters (76 feet, 5½ inches) to earn the first track and field gold medal for the American men at the Tokyo Games. US teammate Joe Kovacs finished second and Tomas Walsh of New Zealand was third.

(The Associated Press)

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Preview Day 13: Day 12 of Tokyo Olympics came with its fair share of challenges and opportunities and Indians lived up to comes, succumbed at others.

A medal was assured, another clinched, in wrestling and boxing respectively. Lovlina is coming back to India with a bronze and Ravi Kumar isn't coming back without a silver at least.

Deepak Punia tried his best but he had a massive hurdle to cross in form of David Taylor in 86 kg bout. He still has the chance to clinch the bronze on day 13 though.

Anshu Malik too got a second life as she will play in the repechage round now.

Women's hockey team, like the men, failed to make the cut for the final as they lost 1-2 to spirited Argentina. But Indians too fought till the last second.

On Day 13, men's hockey team meet Germany for a bronze medal. It will not be easy for Indians as Germany were among the gold medal contenders in the Olympics. They will give a stiff fight for sure.

Not to forget, the gold medal match too will played in the afternoon India time.

All eyes will be on star India wrestler Vinesh Phogat who will open her campaign in wrestling. She will taking on Sofia Mattsson of Sweden in Round of 16 contest. If she continues to win, she will play the quarterfinals and then semis the same day. This is Vinesh's time to shine as she has been waiting long since her exit in Rio in 2016 due to injury to fulfil her dream of winning a medal.

In Athletics, we will again have three Indians in action. Sandeep Kumar, Rahul Rohila & Irfan K. Thodi will be taking part in the 20 km race. Not much is expected from the Indians in this event but hopefully, they will do better. Athletics alongwith shooting have been the two most disappointing campaigns for India so far. While shooters are done at Games, athletics contingent is hoping for a good show from Neeraj Chopra.

You can check the complete Day 12 schedule here.

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Updated Date: August 05, 2021 09:21:50 IST

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