Indian hockey player Jasjeet Kaur Handa (centre) tries to get past South Korea's Kim Jin Kyoung during the women's preliminary league match.
A fighting Indian women's hockey team suffered a narrow 3-2 defeat in their last round robin league encounter against South Korea ahead of the bronze medal clash between the two countries.
The Indians, who were placed in the third position on the table, slipped to the fourth spot after completing their league engagements and will now again lock horns again with third-placed Korea in a bronze medal play-off on Wednesday.
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