On August 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise call to Manpreet Singh, Captain of the Indian Hockey team, after they won Bronze Medal in Olympics.
PR Sreejesh - fondly known as "the wall" of the Indian Hockey team, was once confronted by a bunch of hyper-aggressive Shiv Sainiks who thought he is a Pakistani.
The Indian men's hockey team secured their first Olympics medal in 41 years. The Indian Hockey team had won the last Olympic medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Actor Chitrashi Rawat who played the role of Komal Chautala in Bollywood film Chak De! India referred to the women's team's performance at Olympics as 'deja vu' moment.