As India continues to celebrate the Indian men’s hockey team’s bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, one village seems to have more cause to celebrate. Mithapur, a village in Punjab’s Jalandhar, is home to 3 players that are part of this year's hockey contingent that had the historic win. Captain Manpreet Singh and his teammates Mandeep Singh and Varun Kumar- all hail from Mithapur. Mithapur has the reputation of having produced six Olympic greats, including the three players part of the current team. Swarup Singh who participated in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Kulwant Singh from the 1972 Olympics and Pargat Singh, who participated in 1988, 1992 and 1996 - all received training in Mithapur. Home for hockey players since post-independence India, even Mithapur’s soil is revered. Today, dozens of kids train at Mithapur with the hope of reaching the top in hockey.