 "Paris Olympics 2024: Indian men’s hockey team suffers first defeat against Belgium")
Indian men’s hockey team suffered their first defeat at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Thursday as defending champions Belgium scripted a comeback. India, who have already qualified for the quarter-finals, scored the first goal of the match but eventually went down 2-1 in a pool match.
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Abhishek gave India the lead in the 18th minute before Belgium made a strong comeback after half-time to score through Thibeau Stockbroekx (33rd) and John-John Dohmen (44th) to seal the win and remain unbeaten in the tournament so far.
Belgium have also already qualified for the quarter-finals from Pool B.
**Paris Olympics: News, schedule, medals tally and more**India had defeated New Zealand 3-2 before drawing 1-1 against Argentina. In their last match, the Harmanpreet-led side beat Ireland 2-0.
India will next play Australia in their final pool match on Friday.
With PTI inputs
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