The Mexico 1968 Olympics marked the first major step in the shift in power with regard to the fortunes of the Indian hockey team.
Indian athletes have won 28 medals, all at the Summer Games. For the larger period of the 20th century, India showed pure dominance when it came to hockey at the Olympics.
Several members of the Tokyo-bound men’s hockey squad, including Mandeep Singh, vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Nilkanata Sharma and Sumit were part of the 2016 Ju...