India women shocked Australia 1-0 to enter the semi-finals of women’s hockey for the first time. The hockey team reached the semis after a long break. With the perseverance to win a medal, the women in blue completely dominated the Australian team, three-time Olympics winners in the quarterfinals.
The first Olympic field hockey tournament in the Olympics was held in 1980. Then the Olympics were held in Moscow. The Indian women’s team competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics for the first time in 36 years after introducing women’s hockey to the Olympics. But then the team was eliminated. However, this time in the Tokyo Olympics, the team took the journey that they started hesitantly towards success and created a history.
India will face Argentina in the semi-finals, who defeated Germany 3-0 in the first quarterfinal earlier on Monday. A place in the semifinals also means that the country has secured a medal match for the first time at the Olympics.