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Two Hockey Golds, Two Olympic Berths: India's Men and Women Win Asian Games Titles Together for the First Time
AMRITSAR: India's men's hockey team landed at Amritsar airport on October 6 to drums, garlands and bouquets, two days after the close of an Asian Games at which Indian hockey achieved something it never had before: gold in both the men's and the women's tournaments at the same Games.
Fans, Punjab Hockey Association officials and the players' parents were at the airport, All India Radio reported. Among the players who landed were captain Harmanpreet Singh, Jugraj Singh, Hardik and Manpreet Singh.
The men beat Malaysia 5-1 in the final on October 3 to retain the title they won in 2022. Harmanpreet Singh scored twice, and Jugraj, Hardik and Shilanand scored one goal each. It was India's fifth Asian Games gold in men's hockey, after 1966, 1998, 2014 and 2022.
The men's team, coached by Craig Fulton, goes to Los Angeles as a two-time defending Olympic medallist: it won bronze at…
