The Indian women’s hockey team may have lost to Great Britain 3-4 in the bronze medal match but surely earned plenty of respect with a momentous fourth-place finish in the Olympic Games. Meanwhile, Netherlands women’s hockey team defeated Argentina to clinch the gold medal. Meanwhile, Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia lost his men’s freestyle 65kg bout to Azerbaijan’s Haji Aliev on Friday. Bajrang will now play for the bronze medal on Saturday.

Tokyo: Indian goalkeeper Savita Punia being consoled by team scientific Advisor Wayne Lombard after their women’s field hockey bronze medal match against Great Britain, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. (PTI)
Tokyo: Kate French of Great Britain celebrates winning the gold medal at the end of the women’s modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (PTI)
Tokyo: India’s Bajrang Punia reacts after his bout against Haji Aliyev of Azerbaijan in the semi-finals during their men’s freestyle 65kg wrestling match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Japan, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan)
Tokyo : Zenfira Magomedalieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, left, and China’s Li Qian react after their women’s middleweight 75-kg boxing match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP/PTI)
Tokyo: Netherlands players celebrate after beating Argentina in the women’s gold medal field hockey match during the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (PTI)