Tokyo Olympics: Indian women's hockey enters quarter-finals for first time in 41 years
Tokyo: With the second win in the group stage, the Indian women's hockey team moved to the quarter-finals at the Tokyo Olympics.
Vandana Katariya became the first Indian woman to score a hat-trick at the Olympics. Katariya scored in the 4th, 17th and 49th, Neha Goyal scored a goal in the 32nd. Tarryn Glasby (15th), skipper Erin Hunter (30th) and Marizen Marais (39th) scored goals for South Africa.
The Indian team beat South Africa 4-3 for their second win at Tokyo Olympics. The Ireland vs Great Britain match- the last of Group A - was to decide the fate of the Indian women's hockey team, whether it would move to the quarter-finals.
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Fortunately, defending champions Britain beat Ireland 2-0, paving the way for India to enter the quarter-finals of the Olympics.
The women's team suffered rubbing defeat against world champions Netherlands (1-5), Germany (0-2) and holders Britain (1-4) in the group matches. The Indian team will take on Australia in quarter-finals.
The Indian women hockey team’s best performance was at the Moscow Olympics back in 1980 when they ended up at the 4th position among six teams.
