Odisha Assembly Moves Resolution Congratulating Indian Hockey Teams on Historic Performance at Tokyo Olympics 2020

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Legislative Assembly today passed a resolution to extend congratulations to the Indian Women and Men’s Hockey teams on their historic performance at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

“It’s a matter of pride for all of us that Odisha has been recognized as the force behind the success of the Indian teams. Never before in the history of the State, Odisha was praised so much across the country”, said State Sports Minister Odisha Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera while moving the resolution.

“It’s the result of the vision of the Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik to support the revival of Hockey in India. The strategic decision of the Hon’ble Chief Minister to partner with Hockey India and sponsor the Indian Teams and organise all major tournaments in Odisha including the Hockey World Cup 2018, led to this great success for the country. Hon’ble Chief Minister has earned the love of Indians for his statesmanship approach which brought back the glory of Indian Hockey”, he told the Assembly.

The Indian Men’s team won the Bronze medal. The team has shown great resilience, skills and fitness. After 41 years, the team won the medal defeating the leading hockey playing nations in the world.

The Indian women’s team performance was beyond all expectations and shown great fighting spirit. Even though, they couldn’t win a medal, they won the heart of the nation.

Hockey has a special place in India. The game brought together the whole country and made Indians across the world feel proud of the achievement at Tokyo.

Odisha will continue to support development of Hockey in India.
Odisha is organising the Men’s Hockey World Cup in January 2023 and India’s largest Hockey Stadium is being built in Rourkela for the mega event. We are investing in grassroot-level Hockey Training centres. A High Performance centre has been established in Kalinga Stadium.

Many boys and girls from Odisha will represent the country in the coming years.

The Chief Minister has taken another historic step by announcing the support to Indian Hockey for 10 more years. Odisha will be the home of Indian Hockey and will continue to support the game towards making India the World Champion, the Sports Minister stated.