Twitter reacts as Indian men’s hockey team claim an Olympic medal after 41 years

Forget 1983, 2007 or 2011, this medal in Hockey is bigger than any World Cup! 🇮🇳

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir)

Chak De Fattey ! Burraaah

A landmark day for

After being down 3-1, INDIA fights back to win the bronze medal match 5-3, a first Olympic medal in after 40 years. Mazaa aa gaya

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)

Congratulations 🇮🇳 . Bronze in Hockey after 41 yrs . What a game. Proud of Indian Hockey.

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)

Wow ! Wow !

Elated seeing the Indian Hockey Team coming back in grand style from being 3-1 down, fighting back and winning the bronze medal match against Germany, India's first medal in since 1980 ..

Many congratulations

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)

Bronze looks like gold as it has come after 41 long years. Proud of our boys!

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)

Inspirational win by Congratulations 🎉 for India

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074)

Congratulations to our men's hockey team for winning an Olympic Medal in hockey after 41 years. The team showed exceptional skills, resilience & determination to win. This historic victory will start a new era in hockey and will inspire the youth to take up and excel in the sport

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn)

After 41 years wait..!

A golden moment for Indian Hockey and Indian Sports! Finally, long wait is over as India defeated Germany to win Hockey Men's Olympic Bronze medal at



India in complete celebration mood! Congratulations to our Hockey players !! 🇮🇳

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju)

Hockey is back baby - Bronze hai lekin Gold se kam performance nahi. C'mon Team India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 so so happy 😍😍

— Ritu phogat (@PhogatRitu)

Congratulations to our men’s hockey team! The wait is finally over.

— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)

After a tiring wait of 41 years we have finally won a Medal in Hockey. Excellent job team. Entire nation is proud of you ❤️✌️🇮🇳

— Deepak Niwas Hooda (@DeepakHooda5555)

The 16 who scripted history:

Manpreet, Sreejesh, Harmanpreet, Rupinder, Surender, Amit, Birendra, Hardik, Vivek, Nilakanta, Sumit, Shamsher, Dilpreet, Gurjant, Lalit, Mandeep.

Remember them, cherish them,

tell your children about them. Let them inspire a generation🇮🇳

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)