Despite the fact that India's last of eight Olympic gold medals came in the 1980 Games, there were no semifinals because only six teams competed.
The Indian women's hockey team registered its best performance in the premier event, in the 1980 Moscow Olympics where they finished fourth.
He was part of the Vasudevan Baskaran-led Indian team that clinched the gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. His teammates say that Shahid played a huge role in getting the gold...
MK Kaushik and Ravindra Pal Singh were two of the legends who secured India thier last Olympic gold in Hockey in 1980.