Tokyo Olympics 2020: Captain Manpreet Singh and coach Graham Reid obtained a name from PM Modi.
New Delhi:
Quickly after the Indian males’s staff gained their first Olympic hockey medal in 41 years, they’d a ”shock caller” from again house in India. Captain Manpreet Singh and the staff’s coach, Graham Reid, obtained a name from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who congratulated them for his or her historic win.
Manpreet Singh, who held the cellphone with the speaker on, says, “Namaskar sir.” PM Modi, on the opposite finish, could be listening to saying in Hindi, “Bahut, bahut, bahut badhayi (many congratulations).” PM Modi stated the staff has performed a stupendous work in Tokyo.
A Very Particular Name
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— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) August 5, 2021
“Many, many congratulations to you and the complete staff, you will have made historical past. The whole nation is crammed with pleasure. Your arduous work has paid off. You’ve got performed quite a lot of arduous work, please want the complete facet on my behalf. The whole nation is glad, congratulations coach Reid, you will have created historical past. My greatest needs are with you,” PM Modi was heard saying in a video posted by Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur and on the official Twitter deal with of Sports activities Authority of India Media.
“The Captain and Coach of the Indian Males’s Hockey Staff had a shock caller after their historic victory this morning in #Tokyo2020,” Sports activities Authority of India tweeted, together with a video of the captain and the teaching talking with PM Modi.
Coach Reid advised PM Modi: “You are phrases after the semi-final had been implausible and really inspirational.”
PM Modi, who had earlier tweeted a congratulatory message as we speak, had additionally spoken to Mr Singh and Mr Reid after the Indian facet got here up brief within the semi-finals in opposition to Belgium.
India had been down 3-1 early however overturned the deficit to enter the ultimate quarter main 5-3, earlier than a fourth German aim arrange a tense shut.
India’s bronze medal in Tokyo possesses huge significance for India, which has a proud document of eight Olympic gold medals within the sport.
