Odisha to proceed to sponsor Indian hockey groups for 10 extra years, says CM Naveen Patnaik
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated the Indian males’s and girls’s hockey groups in what was their first go to to Bhubaneswar because the Tokyo Olympics. The ladies’s hockey crew equalled their best-ever end at an Olympics. (AP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSThe Indian males’s crew received the nation’s first hockey medal on the Olympics in 41 yearsThe ladies’s crew equalled their best-ever end at an OlympicsPatnaik had earlier felicitated members of the crew who have been from Odisha and returned house from TokyoOdisha will proceed its sponsorship of the Indian hockey groups for 10 extra years, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik mentioned in a felication ceremony for the squads in what was their first go to to the state because the Tokyo Olympic. Patnaik felicitated ladies’s and males’s captains Rani Rampal and Manpreet Singh respectively in a ceremony in Bhubaneswar.
The Indian males’s crew received bronze with a 5-4 win over four-time champions Germany. It was India’s first Olympic medal in hockey in 41 years. The ladies’s crew reached the knockouts for the primary time of their historical past and shocked gold medal favourites Australia to succeed in the semi-finals. They misplaced to Argentina after which they misplaced to Great Britain within the bronze medal match. The crew completed fourth, matching their best-ever end at an Olympics.Patnaik had earlier felicitated members of the crew who have been from Odisha and had returned house after the Tokyo Games.While males’s gamers Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas have been awarded Rs 2.5 crores every, ladies’s gamers Deep Grace Ekka and Namita Toppo have been handed Rs 50 lakhs every.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.
