Chak De India: The Indian hockey team has won the gold medal by defeating Japan in the men’s hockey final of the Asian Games 2023. India defeated Japan 5-1 in the title match. With this victory, the team has also qualified for next year’s Paris Olympics.

The Indian men’s hockey team has created history in the 19th Asian Games held in China. India won the gold medal by defeating defending champion Japan by a huge margin of 5-1 in the final match. With this victory, India won the gold medal in hockey in these games after nine years. The last time India won gold in the Asian Games was in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

With this historic win, the Indian men’s hockey team has also qualified for next year’s Paris Olympics. For India, Manpreet Singh scored in the 25th minute, Harmanpreet Singh in the 32nd and 59th minutes, Amit Rohidas in the 36th minute and Abhishek scored in the 48th minute. Tanaka scored the only goal for Japan in the 51st minute. Due to this brilliant performance, India has won the yellow medal for the fourth time in the Asian Games. The Indian team has now won gold medals in 1966, 1998, 2014 and 2023.

India has won the silver medal nine times in the Asian Games in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1994, and 2002 and bronze thrice in the Asian Games in 1986, 2010 and 2018. ). At the same time, India and South Korea have won gold four times each and Japan once. Along with winning the gold, the Indian hockey team has also qualified for the Olympics to be held in Paris in 2024.

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