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hellyeahheroes · 5 years

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Heroines of WOCtober: Ava Ayala

When their parents were murdered, Ava’s brother, Hector, has don a Tiger Amulet, granting him powers of Tiger God, an old, primal diety, to exact revenge and protect the community as hero White Tiger. Then he was killed, shot by cops for a crime he hasn’t committed. The amulet landed in the hands of her aunt, Angela Del Toro, who put on the mask to continue his work. However, Angela too has been killed and then resurrected as a brainwashed servant of evil ninja cult the Hand. The Hand’s downfall got her arrested and the amulet found its way into Ava’s hands. She became the third White Tiger to continue the family legacy. Starting as a student of the Avengers, soon finding herself into various incarnations of the group. She recently appeared as a member of Daughters of Liberty, a secretive all-female group that aided Captain America against a conspiracy trying to frame him for murder.

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Avengers Academy #21-39 - Ava joins the cast as one of the students and quickly becomes part of the core cast.

Mighty Avengers #1-14 - After graduating from the Academy, Ava and Victor Alvarez get practical tutoring by Luke Cage when a sudden attack of Thanos’ forces leads to them forming a new Avengers team.

Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #1-9 - Continuation of the previous series now with Sam Wilson and Captain America on board, might require some knowledge of what was happening in other Avengers titles at the time as Mighty Avengers get caught up in mess done by other Avengers teams a lot.

New Avengers #1-18 - Following Mighty Avengers Ava and Victor got invited by Roberto Da Costa to his new Avengers team, created as a part of his grand plan to buy A.I.M. and make it go legit.

Captain America #12-14 - Technically Ava shows up from issue #7 on but only these issues amount to more than a cameo, as she teams up with Steve Rogers and Maya Lopez to beat up some white supremacists. As no more issues have come out at the time of me writing this, I cannot guarantee if she will keep an important role in the following issues as well, the cast of this series is actually pretty large.

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Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders #1-2 - Happening during Secret Wars, it has Ava from an utopian world created by Ho Yinsen being forced to fight against invaders from dystopian reality that is a tiny-veiled parody of Mega City-One from Judge Dredd.

Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man - Tie-in to the cartoon of the same name. Ava is a series regular, showing if not in every issue then in more than a half.

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Ava is featured as a regular character in animated series Ultimate Spider-Man.

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anti-tony-god · 5 years

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In Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders there’s an alternate universe where Tony sacrificed his life for Yinsen. Look how much better that universe is than the one that Tony lived in :)))

#anti tony stark #anti tony stans #captain britain and the mighty defenders #this is a flashback from before the story takes place because its one of the universe that got mixed into battleworld or whatever

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i-r-readcomics · 5 years

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Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders

Volume: 1 #2

And Mine is a Faith in my Fellow Man

Writers: Al Ewing

Pencils: Alan Davis

Inks: Mark Farmer

Covers: Alan Davis, Mark Farmer, Wil Quintana

Featuring: Kid Resue (Toni Yinsen), White Tiger (Ava Ayala), Spider-Man (Hobie Brown), She-Hulk (Jen Walters), Captain Britain (Dr. Faiza Hussain), Baroness Thor Big Boss Hill (Maria Hill), God Emperor Doom (Victor von Doom)

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I want to read Ewing's work on Marvel, but I don't know the order. I know you did one when you talked about his Avengers. Can you, please, make a new one now that he has written more titles?

So there’s a LOT with this now - like Morrison at DC, Ewing seeds threads through pretty much all his extended work that he ends up elsewhere one way or another. Here’s as best an accounting as I can manage, but this is probably going to be mostly incomprehensible sans some kind of visual articulation:

Mighty Avengers is the start, which is relaunched as Captain America and the Mighty Avengers. He also does the book Ultron Forever, which introduces Danielle Cage as a future Captain America, and during Secret Wars it becomes Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders, which uses an alternate version of Dr. Faiza Hussain as Captain Britain he introduced in some Age of Ultron tie-in issues of Avengers Assemble, and an alternate universe version of Ho Yinsen as Rescue he introduced in his Iron Man miniseries with Kieron Gillen Fatal Frontier.

Out of this he launches Ultimates, New Avengers, and Contest of Champions, the former two of which extensively use characters from his previous work (including Ho Yinsen’s daughter Toni Ho, who was introduced via an alternate universe version in Mighty Defenders), and the latter of which features an appearance by the Ultimates. New Avengers also uses the robotic incarnation of Dum Dum Duggan Ewing introduced in his guest issue of the S.H.I.E.L.D. comic. These books later become Ultimates2 and U.S.Avengers, the latter of which brings back Danielle Cage, and those in turn feed into Avengers: No Surrender, which introduces the take on Bruce Banner seen in The Immortal Hulk.

That has a successor in Avengers: No Road Home, which I haven’t read yet but I know introduces both a reimagining of Hercules and a group of ‘New Olympians’ which lead into his Guardians of the Galaxy relaunch (with that New Olympian stuff also being touched on in his Valkyrie: Jane Foster), which also follows up on some stuff from his short Rocket book and brings back Marvel Boy from his use in Royals. Later on Empyre which follows through on some stuff with Wiccan and Hulkling he did in New Avengers also connects to Guardians, while also setting up S.W.O.R.D. And Marvel Comics #1000 brings Blue Marvel back from much of his Avengers work, as well as Night Thrasher who he revived in Contest of Champions, apparently leading to a new Defenders book that may connect to his Defenders: The Best Defense (which itself ties into The Immortal Hulk).

Elsewhere, The Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle, Avengers #34.1 (his Hyperion one-shot), Carnage: Black, White & Blood #1, Civil War II: Ulysses, Crypt of Shadows, Loki: Agent of Asgard, Infinity Warps/Secret Warps, and You Are Deadpool are relatively standalone.

So...yeah, there’s no clean reading order, the closest thing to a single arrow of direction at this point is ‘he did a bunch of Avengers stuff that is now leading to a bunch of space stuff, with a lot of other books feeding in and out’. But you don’t have to read all of it to understand a given title, so while you can try and lay out everything I just said on a graph if you want I’d say just start where you want and keep going/backtrack as compels you.

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melonishus · 5 years

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Lets continue with LIS.... can we get a pirate au of Chasefield?

[Max uses her telescope to stare across the sea at the oncoming enemy ship]

Captain Chloe- What do you see First Mate Max

[Max looks around the ship until she finds the Captain, A tall dignified woman whose eyes pierced her heart, watching as she turns away from her to talk to her first mate. She lowers her telescope to stare at her behind]

First Mate Max- The booty captain

[Chloe and her crew lift their swords and let out a mighty Aaaargh ]

..........

[After a mighty battle, Chloe’s crew looks through the enemy boat, finding SOME treasure, but not the amount they anticipated]

Chloe- Hey Max, what’s the deal. Where’s the booty ?

[Max kneels down next to the captain of the enemy boat and unties her bindings, the enemy captain staring daggers at Max, clearly aware of where the booty was]

Max- I’m sorry, this is all my fault

Captain ? - It is [rubs wrist] Who do you think you are you filthy pirate ?

First Mate Max- Max, of House Caulfield. What’s yours ?

Captain ? - Well Maxine

First Mate Max- Max, never Maxine

Captain ? - [eyerolls] Victoria Chase, the admiral of her majesty’s navy

Captain Chloe- Like I’m scared of some fancy pants queen

Captain Victoria- Watch your mouth pirate, [crosses arms and turns away with a petulant smile] you’ll grow to fear her

First Mate Max- I doubt it, Captain Chloe’s a pretty big deal

[Chloe nods]

First Mate Max- And I’ve never heard of a queen that would make her scared. What’s her name ?

Captain Victoria- Her Majesty Rachel, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India

Captain Chloe - Never heard of her

Captain Rachel - [offended gasp]

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Writing Requests are OPEN

Pirate AU 1

#life is strange #chasefield #maximum victory #max caulfield. melon skits #Anonymous

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doesithavetobeaspider · 5 years

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Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders #1 by Al Ewing and Alan Davis

#she-hulk #jennifer walters #she-hulk-thor #shor?#mjonor #your mjonor #this pun is hard to get across in text but it's great #ho yinsen #rescue #marvel comics #secret wars

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aion-rsa · 4 years

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Avengers: Endgame - The History of Captain America's Climactic Moment

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Remember in Avengers: Endgame when Captain America picked up Thor's hammer? We sure do! Here are other times he did that!

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This article consists of nothing but massive Avengers: Endgame spoilers. You’ve been warned. We have a completely spoiler free review right here.

Ever since Thanos showed up in the mid-credits of the first Avengers movie, there was one scenario that most comic book fans knew was going to one day happen: Captain America was going to at one point lift Thor’s hammer Mjolnir and bash Thanos’ stupid face with it. Until Hela broke Mjolnir in Thor: Ragnarok. Then we all went, “Oh, never mind, I guess,” and thought about what could have been.

Well, time travel is funny like that. It gives you a mulligan. Avengers: Endgame gives us one of the most triumphant moments in superhero movie history, when Captain America is able to lift Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, and use it to beat the ever-lovin' crap out of Thanos for a few minutes. Not only can Captain America lift Thor's hammer, he's able to call down the lightning just as Thor would. It's a huge, cathartic, and historic moment in the history of the MCU, but it's something long familiar to Marvel Comics fans.

How Can Captain America Lift Thor's Hammer?

Simple: Steve Rogers is worthy. The inscription on Mjolnir reads "Whosoever holds this hammer, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor." It doesn't matter how strong you are, if you aren't worthy, you can't lift Thor's hammer, no matter how hard you try. It's why Thor, at a low point in his life, is so relieved to find that he can still call and hold Mjolnir when he travels back to the events of Thor: The Dark World.

In Avengers: Age of Ultron, we got the slightest hint of what was to come when Cap was able to slightly budge the hammer when trying to pick it up. Thor's reaction shot there was priceless, and teases the moment in Endgame when Steve finally gets to call down the lightning. Of course, the big payoff in Age of Ultron was that Vision (not Cap) was able to wield it near the end of the movie as a way of proving his fidelity, but many of us knew that there was more to it, including Thor, who exclaims "I knew it!" when Cap gets his big moment with the hammer.

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There is comic book precedent to Cap picking up Mjolnir. While not the first non-Thor character to pull that off in Marvel canon (that would be the delightful Beta Ray Bill), he’s had a couple moments where he’s been able to prove his worthy worth and cracked some heads with the uru metal.

Here’s some American history with a mix of Asgardian shop class.

THE ORIGINAL

The Mighty Thor #390 (1988)

Around this time, Steve Rogers had lost the right to be Captain America and just fought crime as "The Captain." This meant dressing exactly as Captain America, but in a black costume with red and white stripes on the front. Thor stopped by Avengers HQ, saw this guy with head wings and a shield and went, “I never saw you before in my life! Who are you?!” Then he threw Mjolnir at him in mid-sentence before realizing that it had to be Steve Rogers because of how fast he could dodge the attack.

I swear, Thor must scream, “STRANGER DANGER!” whenever Jane Foster gets a haircut.

Cap later explained his whole status quo, as well as his current feud with Iron Man (that happens a lot). So the government considered him an enemy and he was at odds with Iron Man for ideological reasons. Same as it ever was. While Thor mused over all this, one of his villains, the god Seth, sent an army after him. Cap, of course, helped out his stupid, stupid friend.

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Thor dropped his hammer after being tackled by generic grunt Grog. Grog tried to lift Mjolnir, but couldn’t budge it. Instead, he started torturing Thor with a laser. Cap didn’t quite understand the whole “worthy” gimmick at the time and figured it was just really heavy. Even though Grog, a brick shithouse of a miniboss, couldn’t do it, Cap decided it was worth trying.

Wouldn’t you know it, The Captain picked it up and wiped the floor with the dogpiling goon squad. He tossed it back to Thor, who proceeded to finish off the bad guys.

Afterwards, Thor admitted that while he had no idea what was really going on with Steve and Tony’s current argument, he sided with Steve due to his ability to pick up the hammer. Cap nodded, rushed into a Quinjet, and flew off to go break Tony Stark's nose several times over.

2099 PROBLEMS

2099: Manifest Destiny (1998)

Even though it's been brought back a few times since, 2099 was one of Marvel's big fixtures in the 90s. It was how 90s comics felt the future would be like. The story was that the heroes had long gone missing and there were no surviving records of what happened. Either way, Thor was worshipped as a religious figure and many awaited his return.

When serial-pointer Miguel O'Hara got powers and became the new Spider-Man of the era, someone pointed out that he was the first of many who would take up the mantle of a long-forgotten hero. This would continue until the coming of Thor 2099, who would deliver them all. Sure enough, we got Ghost Rider 2099, Hulk 2099, Punisher 2099, X-Men 2099, etc. After a few years, the line of comics lost its luster and they wrote it off with this one-shot where they found Captain America's frozen body.

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As Steve got accustomed to this new world, Miguel gave him Donald Blake's walking stick. With a little reluctance, Steve accepted the gift and struck it to the ground, transforming it into Mjolnir and transforming himself into a gaudy Cap/Thor hybrid. He and Miguel started a new Avengers team, but on a space mission, things went haywire and it looked like Captain America was going to be knocked into deep space. His last act was to throw Mjolnir to Miguel, who caught the weapon and turned out to be just as worthy.

Yes, in a wonderful twist, Spider-Man 2099 wasn't just the herald of Thor 2099. He WAS Thor 2099!

With this power and the slow aging that came with it, Miguel turned the galaxy into a utopia. By the time he was done with his duty in 3099, they discovered Captain America's frozen body yet again. The poor guy just couldn't catch a break, but at least he got the hammer back.

THE HELLSCAPE OF APOCALYPSE

What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (2007)

Age of Apocalypse was a pretty big deal in the '90s and the world it depicted was a nasty one. At least it had Magneto’s X-Men to make some kind of difference to offset Apocalypse’s evil. Naturally, Marvel’s What If series had a couple of takes on the big event. One had its continuity move forward and show how that Earth would have handled the coming of Galactus. One had Legion succeed in killing Magneto in the past, showing a world where Charles Xavier could better fight for a world where mutants were accepted.

Then there was this ridiculous one-shot where Rick Remender came up with the idea of Legion accidentally killing both Magneto and Xavier. The event had terrible repercussions, leading to governments to discover the existence of mutants earlier and going straight for the persecution. Apocalypse made his big appearance and the world got weirder than in normal Age of Apocalypse continuity. For one, Apocalypse’s army included a nest of Peter Parker clones connected by a big Venom symbiote blob.

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The resistance team included the likes of Nate Grey, Molecule Man, Wolverine, Colossus, Thing (with robot arm), Doctor Voodoo (introduced a year or so before Brother Voodoo was the Sorcerer Supreme in canon), Captain Britain in Mach I Iron Man armor, and the leader Captain America. With no real context given, he wielded Mjolnir throughout the story and constantly fought maskless.

The whole issue was mainly these Defenders jumping from one spot to another, facing different threats and gradually losing members. Towards the end, Nate Grey killed Apocalypse, stole his armor, killed Molecule Man, and opened up a portal to the past so they could prevent the deaths of Xavier and Magneto. Fearing that Grey would become a tyrant as bad as Apocalypse himself, Cap killed him via Mjolnir and allowed the portal to close.

He and Wolverine were the only survivors of the adventure.

WAR OF THE WORTHY

Fear Itself (2011)

Fear Itself was a Captain America/Thor crossover idea that Marvel decided to turn into a full-on event. It was...there. The tie-ins were better than the main plot, honestly.

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The Red Skull’s daughter Sin came across a mystical hammer that transformed her into the deity Skadi. She helped unleash forgotten Asgardian god The Serpent, who in turn created seven hammers that would possess and empower those worthy of unleashing fear. They were Hulk, Juggernaut, Thing, Titania, Absorbing Man, Grey Gargoyle, and Attuma. Then Nazis in mechs started swarming Washington DC and the whole thing was a big mess.

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Around this time, Bucky Barnes was Captain America and the story partly existed to have Bucky fake his death and move the Cap identity back to Steve Rogers (and you thought Endgame treated the Bucky/Steve relationship poorly?). A lot of good it did for him, as The Serpent was able to shatter the shield with his bare hands.

To turn the tide, Tony Stark and Odin made some special weapons for the superheroes to wield. As for Cap, he simply found Mjolnir lying around on the battlefield and used it to go to town on Skadi. They hyped all this magic weapon stuff up like crazy in the adverts, but the whole thing was really background noise. The fight just kind of ended after Odin pulled away all the hammers and Skadi went back to being Sin.

THE MIRROR MATCH

Secret Empire (2017)

And then there’s this load. Nick Spencer did a lengthy story about Steve Rogers revealing he was really an agent of Hydra all along. Marvel was really adamant that it was really Steve Rogers and that he wasn’t being mind-controlled. Also, the company insisted that Captain America wasn’t a Nazi because Hydra weren’t Nazis. TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING. Because, you see...look over there!

Hydra Cap then turned out to be a version of Steve Rogers created by a little girl with reality-warping powers (sure), who was manipulated by Red Skull. Cap ended up taking over the US and shockingly beat up opposing superheroes via wielding Mjolnir. That too seemed to be a product of the reality-warping as the inscription/rules of the hammer were different and you had to be a bulky Hydra asshole to pick it up.

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By the end of the event, the little girl conjured the original version of Captain America to beat up his please-don’t-call-the-Nazi-a-Nazi doppelganger. When Hydra Cap went for the hammer out of desperation, it had already reverted back to normal and he wasn’t worthy enough to pick it up. Regular Cap picked it up and walloped his douchebag counterpart.

"Your ass will never be America's ass." (not actual dialogue)

Yeah, everyone knew that the status quo would return in the end, but the whole Hydra Cap business was as well-timed and tactful as showing off your chainsaw and hockey mask to your son, in the middle of the night, when Sideshow Bob is trying to kill him. It also killed the end of Gerry Duggan’s otherwise legendary Deadpool run, which I can never forgive.

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There’s only been five comic scenarios where we’ve seen Captain America wielding Mjolnir, so let’s just move those goalposts a little and talk about times when superheroes have kicked ass with the shield AND the hammer at the same time.

First up is Crusader from an issue of What If based on the original Secret Wars that showed what would have happened had all the heroes and villains been stranded on Battleworld for 25 years. While some died in that time, others got busy and we got a new generation of heroes and villains. One of which was Sarah Rogers, daughter of Cap and Rogue.

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No, the comic doesn’t answer the question of how that conception worked.

Even though her boyfriend Bravado was the son of Thor and Enchantress, it was Crusader who ended up being able to pick up the hammer and turn the tide against Vincent Von Doom. She also had stolen her dad’s shield from his closet when he wasn't looking, but that’s less impressive.

Then there’s Superman. The miniseries JLA/Avengers was the final crossover between Marvel and DC and it finished with a bang. Leading both hero teams into battle, Superman was entrusted with Captain America’s shield. During a pivotal moment, in order to break into the villain Krona’s stronghold, Thor threw Mjolnir to Superman. Superman caught it and smashed his way in.

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Later on, after the dust had cleared, Superman found himself no longer able to lift it. As Thor put it, Odin may be strict, but he knows when to cut you slack when times are desperate.

I have to imagine we’ll be seeing more Cap/Mjolnir moments going forward. Marvel really seems to enjoy having comics imitate movies that imitate comics. God, remember when Spider-Man 3 came out and comic Spider-Man just happened to start wearing black again?

Gavin Jasper writes for Den of Geek and when Captain America throws his mighty hammer, all those who attempt to...stammer that hammer must clamor...? Read his other articles here and follow him on Twitter @Gavin4L

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Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders

Volume: 1

Issue: 2

And Mine is a Faith in my Fellow Man

Writer: Al Ewing

Pencils: Alan Davis

Inks: Mark Farmer

Colours: Wil Quintana

Covers: : Alan Davis, Mark Farmer, Wil Quintana

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#Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders #Alan Davis #Mark Farmer #Wil Quintana #Kid Resue #Toni Yinsen #White Tiger #Ava Ayala #Spider-Man #Hobie Brown #She-Hulk #Jen Walters #Captain Britain #Dr. Faiza Hussain #Al Ewing #Mighty Defenders #War Machine

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do you know the names of all the series that include doom's battleworld? i just found out that captain britain and the mighty defenders are 2 issues about battleworld...

I would google around for a complete Secret Wars (2015) reading order – there were a lot of miniseries released that are strictly in Battleworld continuity. There are some really good AUs in there – I’m partial to the one where Matt Murdock is a chef for Mr. Sinister and Elektra is a hunter which is like, a whole six pages long or something like that, and to the Spider-Island Battleworld series – and it’s fun reading, but I don’t personally have a complete list of them, no. (I’m pretty sure I only read about half of them.) I’m sure somebody on the internet does, though.

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why-i-love-comics · 6 years

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Captain Britain & The Mighty Defenders #2 - "...And Mine is a Faith in my Fellow Man" (2015)

written by Al Ewing art by Alan Davis, Mark Farmer, & Wil Quintana

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"We cried after the Great Britain loss": Indian captain Rani Rampal highlights how they fixed their mistakes in historic QF win

Rani Rampal will be a proud captain today. She and her team have done what no one could even fathom 2021 Olympics tournament got underway. The Indian women's hockey team beat Australia 1-0 and advanced to the semifinals for the first time in their history.It was always going to be a stern test against the World No. 2 side for Rani & Co. The Indian team took the lead through Gurjit Singh's penalty corner drag flick. They sat back for the remainder of the match and kept the Australian attack at bay. A dogged, water-tight defense won the game for the Indian Eves.Check Out: Tokyo Olympics 2021 ScheduleSpeaking to the media after the game, Indian captain Rani Rampal said:"I don’t know what to say. Seriously! First of all, I am super proud of the team. Each and every individual. Before the game we just said one thing – give everything and we’ll see what will happen. Don’t think about the semifinals and just look at the next 60 minutes. We have to stay in the game and spend all our energy in the next 60 minutes. It is not easy to score a goal in the first quarter and defend it for the entire match, especially against a team like Australia. But we played as a team according to the plans."Speaking about the match against Australia, she further added:“Our coach also told us to work so hard that you should not feel your legs after the game. Everyone did that and we’re happy. We got the goal in the first quarter. We planned to stay tight on defense but we also planned on going for the second goal. I think in the 2nd and 3rd quarter we attacked, but in the 4th one we had to sit back.”The Indian team has managed a fantastic turnaround in the tournament. They lost their opening three Pool A fixtures and were among the worst performing teams. However, a spirited display in the following two games secured a quarterfinals qualification for India. They carried their momentum and pulled-off an upset against the mighty Australian team. Rampal said:"When we entered the tournament everyone, including ourselves, knew that the pool was tough. The Netherlands, Great Britain, Germany were not going to be easy. It takes courage to bounce back the way we did. The coaching team did a good job to allow that. Our first-half performance against the Netherlands gave us courage. We literally cried after the Great Britain match because we knew we didn’t follow the plan.”

Rani Rampal is focused on the next match

Rani Rampal is aware of the celebrations that this monumental occasion will bring back home. She said:"There cannot be a prouder moment for Indian hockey. When a team does well, it unites the whole nation. Everyone’s prayers have helped us to give us our all.”The Indian team has a medal within touching distance. However, Rampal is adamant that the work for the next game has to start now. She said:"We surely see the medal. It’s open for all now. We will celebrate our achievement for a moment and then get back to preparing for the big game.”India will now be in action against Argentina in the semifinals on the 4th of August. The South American side got the better of Germany to secure a berth in the last four. It will not be an easy test for India, but one thing the young Indian team has shown today is that they're not afraid of anyone and are more than capable of pulling an upset.Also read - India at Olympics 2021 Edited by Diptanil Roy Login to reply Read the full article

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