Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday congratulated the Indian men's hockey team's bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics as HISTORIC and said they have made every Indian proud. In a tweet Vijayan expressed: ''Congratulations to the Indian men's hockey team for their historic victory,''

Praising on Keralite goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and other team members, the Chief Minister said he has displayed inimitable leadership and the entire team has fought with remarkable fighting spirit. ''By winning the bronze medal, you have made every Indian proud,'' he added.

The 8-time gold winners, who fought a heartbreaking slump in the last forty years, made the resurgence of the last couple of years count in the best way possible with an Olympic medal.

Notably, the Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after four decades years, beating a plucky Germany 5-4 to claim the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Games in Tokyo on Thursday.

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