Amritsar: India star player Shamsher Singh would be a happy man after India's historic victory over Germany in the Bronze medal match. So is his family. Etv Bharat captured the most precious moments after India's victory.
Earlier, a resolute Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating a plucky Germany 5-4 to win the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Games here on Thursday.
Read: Dream meets reality after 41 years: India get bronze, beat Germany 5-4
The eight-time former gold-winners, who battled a heartbreaking slump in the last four decades, made the resurgence of the last couple of years count in the best way possible with an Olympic medal.