Sports picture of the day: GB women are Olympic hockey champions

Great Britain's women became Olympic champions for the first time after Maddie Hinch and Hollie Webb's penalty shootout heroics ended Holland's dynasty at the 2016 Games in Rio.

By Peter Storey

Published 19th Aug 2020, 08:41 BST

Updated 19th Aug 2020, 09:48 BST

Great Britain players celebrate victory over Holland following the gold medal match at the Olympic Hockey Centre at the Rio Olympic Games on August 19, 2016

Nicola White's last-quarter strike levelled the match at 3-3 and the game went to penalties.

Helen Richardson-Walsh converted a penalty flick after Georgie Twigg was fouled and Webb kept her cool to net the decisive effort after Hinch had time and again denied the Dutch.

It meant Britain, London 2012 bronze medallists, were champions as Holland's bid for a third successive Olympic gold came to an end.

Lily Owsley, Crista Cullen and White scored in normal time, when Hinch continually kept Britain in the contest, while Kitty van Male scored twice and Maartje Paumen once for world champions Holland.

Britain's task of bringing home the gold was always going to be a tough one as none of the players in the Dutch squad at the time had ever lost a match at the Olympics.

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