The Indian males's hockey workforce's bronze medal-winning feat on the Tokyo Olympics gained Second of the Yr on the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards, which was held on the Taj Mahal Resort in Mumbai.
Rupinder Pal Singh accepted the award from former Indian males's hockey workforce captain Viren Rasquinha.
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The Indian males's hockey workforce mounted a staggering fightback to beat Germany 5-4 within the bronze medal match in Tokyo, for its first hockey medal on the Video games since 1980, when it gained the final of its eight Olympic gold medals.
"India successful an Olympic medal after 41 years is a really emotional second," mentioned Moscow Olympics gold medallist and Sportstar Aces jury member M.M. Somaya.
"Whereas I'm extraordinarily delighted with this success, it is usually essential to do not forget that once you win, that’s not every thing. What you do with the win – from an administration’s standpoint – may be very essential. You will need to determine how you utilize this win to popularise hockey and make it a tv sport and entice extra sponsors," Somaya added.
Legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, former India hockey captain M. M. Somaya, chess nice Viswanathan Anand, former India soccer skipper Bhaichung Bhutia and Olympians Anjali Bhagwat and Aparna Popat are the members of the Sportstar Aces 2022 jury.
