India Wins Gold In Hockey After 15 Long Years!
The most awaited match for the day, Hockey finals at the Asian Games 2014 results are out and India takes home the gold medal. The last win was in 1998 and this is a glorious, historic win for India
Some Facts About 2014 Asian Hockey Finals
- India got an automatic place in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
- India Wins The Asian Games after 15 years. last was at Bangkok in 1998
- India and Pakistan played in the Asian Games final after 32
- India is 2 time gold medalist and Pakistan has a record of 8 times. India adding one more to it. The 3 time Gold medalist now
- It was the 13th match between the two teams at the ASIAD, the two Asian Power houses
India takes away the gold medal. What a proud day for India on the special occasion of birth anniversary of Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Hockey gold was good. More so because we beat Pakistan. But we should not become euphoric, put our heads down and prepare, prepare and prepare. According to coach of indian team, we are on the right track but we have a long way to go. To have a system in place that produces hockey players, create a team that wins consistently by playing against teams like Australia, Germany, Holland etc. we have to wait till 2024. I hope we have patience and we do not go after coaches head after Rio Olympic when India is certain not to win any medal.
Thank you ALok for your comment. I hope they play well in the Rio Olympics 2016. Now the expectation has raised and they have a lot of pressure on them. They are sure to improve and give better performances in future.
Oh yeah, It was truly a sparkling moment. Congratulations Indian Hockey team…..kudos… Good read Vinay…:)
It was indeed one of the best moments of our life. I was too excited to see this match, though did not get the chance to see it :(
Oh it was a nail biting match at the end Alok. They were 1 each after 4 sets and they had to score goals later. They jumped out of joy when they won and I was doing the same here :)