national team won first gold medal in olympics for india.
national team won first gold medal in olympics for india.
who won first gold medal in olympics for india?
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men's ice hockey had been introduced at the 1920 summer olympics, and added to the winter olympic games in 1924. in july 1992, the international olympic committee (ioc) voted to approve women's hockey as an olympic event to first be held at the 1998 winter olympics. until 1998, women's hockey had been dominated by canada's national team. canadian teams had won every world championship; however, by 1997, the american team had improved and was evenly matched with canada. in thirteen games played between the two teams in 1997, canada won seven and the united states won six. canada and the united states dominated the preliminary round of the 1998 tournament, and in their head-to-head match up, the united states won 7–4. the two teams met in the gold medal final, which the united states won 3–1. the canadian and american teams continued their rivalry, and in a rematch between the two at the 2002 winter olympics, canada won 3–2. in 2006, the canadian team started the tournament by outscoring opponents 36–1 over three games. american defenceman angela ruggiero accused the team of running up the score and warned that the event's olympic status could be called into question due to a perceived lack of competitive teams. in the final, canada beat sweden to claim their second consecutive gold medal. in 2010, the canadian and american teams outscored opponents in the preliminary round by 41-2 and 31-1 margins, respectively. this brought on more criticism about uneven competition. rené fasel said the iihf would consider adding a mercy rule to future tournaments. in the gold medal game, canada defeated the american team 2-0 to win their third consecutive gold. in 2014, the talent disparity had gotten smaller, with canada and the united states only outscoring their opponents 11-2 and 14-4 in the preliminary round, respectfully. nevertheless, canada and the united states once again faced off in the gold medal game. canada, on the shoulders of two goals from marie-philip poulin came back from a 3-2 deficit late in the 3rd period to claim the gold medal for the fourth consecutive time. in 2018, the united states had their own come-from-behind victory, winning their first gold medal in 20 years. the deciding goal came in a shootout on a beautiful move by american forward jocelyne lamoureux.
list of olympic women's ice hockey players for canada
volleyball is one of the sports that is played at the summer olympic games in two disciplines: the traditional six-per-side indoor game, and the newer game of beach volleyball. indoor volleyball was added to the olympic programme in 1957 at the 53rd session of the international olympic committee (ioc) in sofia, bulgaria, and the first competitions were held at the 1964 summer olympics in tokyo. the soviet union won a medal in both the men's and women's competition at the first five olympics that included volleyball, including the men's gold medal in tokyo. the japanese women's team won the gold at the inaugural olympic volleyball competition, and the silver at the following two games. the montreal games of 1976 saw the polish men win the nation's only gold medal in the sport, after the women had won bronze in 1964 and 1968. at the 1980 moscow olympics, the hosts won gold in both competitions. the bulgarian team won their only two volleyball medals in moscow, a silver and a bronze in the men's and women's tournament, respectively. the united states won its first medals in volleyball at the los angeles games: a gold in the men's competition, and a silver in the women's. the people's republic of china won the gold medal in the women's competition in los angeles, their first time participating in an olympic volleyball competition. the united states successfully defended their men's gold medal at the 1988 summer olympics in seoul, and peru won their only medal in volleyball, a silver in the women's competition. the soviet union won a silver medal in the men's competition and a gold in the women's at what would be their final olympics. following the 1990–91 breakup of the soviet union, 12 of the 15 newly independent countries competed together as the unified team in barcelona. in the women's competition, the unified team won the silver medal, and cuba won their first of three consecutive gold medals. in the men's competition, brazil won its first gold medal, and the netherlands its first overall medal in the sport.
list of olympic medalists in volleyball