Olympics: Britain Win First Women's Hockey Gold
Zeeshan Mehtab Published August 20, 2016 | 12:40 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Augst,2016) - Great Britain won their first Olympic Games women's hockey gold medal on Friday with a dramatic shoot-out triumph over two-time defending champions the Netherlands. The British twice came from behind in normal time to draw 3-3 and then clinched a 2-0 shoot-out victory.
It was the Dutch team's first loss at an Olympics since 2004 and shattered their bid to become the first team to win three successive gold medals.
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