The Netherlands overcome an almighty scare to retain their Olympic title in the women's hockey by beating China on penalties in the final.
The Netherlands have won 16 consecutive matches at the Olympics since losing to Great Britain in the final at Rio 2016The Netherlands overcame an almighty scare to retain their Olympic title in the women's hockey by beating China on penalties in the final.
The match finished 1-1, and the current world and European champions dominated the shootout with Dutch keeper Anne Veenendaal making three saves in a 3-1 win. China, who matched their best hockey finish at a Games when they lost to the Dutch at Beijing 2008, opened the scoring in the first quarter when Chen Yi deflected in Dan Wen's pass across goal.Sofia Cairo scored the winning penalty against a Belgium side who were playing in only their second Olympics, as goalkeeper Cristina Cosentino saved three shootout attempts.
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