Belgium wins shootout, takes hockey gold
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Belgium defeated Australia in a shootout to win gold in men’s field hockey.
The score was tied 1-all at the end of regulation before Belgium won the shootout 3-2. Alexander Hendrickx scored the penalty stroke that put Belgium ahead in the shootout and Vincent Vanasch got the clinching save.
Belgium was the 2016 Olympic runner-up.
India won bronze earlier in the day with a 5-4 victory over Germany. It was India’s first field hockey medal since 1980.