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Paris
The Netherlands ended a 24-year gold medal drought in men’s field hockey when they beat long time rivals and world champions Germany 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out on Thursday.
Captain Thierry Brinkman, Thijs van Dam and Duco Telgenkamp converted from the spot, while only Justus Weigand scored for Germany under the eyes of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
The score was locked at 1-1 after regulation after Brinkman had opened the scoring for the Dutch in the 46th minute and Thies Prinz levelled four minutes later.
The Dutch got their third gold, the others coming in 1996 and 2000.
Germany had been bidding for a first gold since 2012. They rebounded from sixth at Tokyo 2020 and a 1-0 defeat against Germany in the Paris group stage.
India had earlier won the bronze medal match 2-1 against Spain.
The Dutch can get double gold as the women are also in the final where they face China on Friday.
