Laura Unsworth, of Team GB, celebrates their first gold in women’s hockey after a penalty shootout last night against the Netherlands.

Great Britain’s women hockey team have won their first Olympic gold, beating the Netherlands in a penalty shootout.

The final finished 3-3 in normal time after the British keeper, Maddie Hinch, 27, nicknamed “Mad Dog”, pulled off a series of remarkable saves.
The Dutch could not get past her in the shootout either, which ended 2-0 after Helen Richardson-Walsh and Hollie Webb scored penalties to claim Britain’s twenty-fourth gold medal of the Olympics.
“It’s difficult to put into words what this means,” said Richardson-Walsh. “Seventeen years ago, when I started my career, we were so far off this. It has…
Great Britain’s women hockey team have won their first Olympic gold, beating the Netherlands in a penalty shootout.
The final finished 3-3 in normal time after the British keeper, Maddie Hinch, 27, nicknamed “Mad Dog”, pulled off a series of remarkable saves.
The Dutch could not get past her in the shootout either, which ended 2-0 after Helen Richardson-Walsh and Hollie Webb scored penalties to claim Britain’s twenty-fourth gold medal of the Olympics.
“It’s difficult to put into words what this means,” said Richardson-Walsh. “Seventeen years ago, when I started my career, we were so far off this. It has…