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Secretary to CM (5T) V. Karthikeyan Pandian interacted with the Hockey Olympians from Odisha Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas and congratulated them on their outstanding performance at the Tokyo Olympics.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated the players from Odisha in the Indian Hockey team at a function in Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar today.

She told ANI in a statement: “I didn’t get any facilities. I don’t understand why. I was selected by UNICEF. My dreams have been shattered.”

India has a total of ten gold medals from the Olympics. Eight of them are from the men's hockey team. Neeraj Chopra is the second individual Gold medallist after Abhinav Bindra.

India had a strong performance at the Tokyo Olympics, winning one Gold, two Silver, and four Bronze medals.