The Netherlands beat Germany in a shoot-out to win the men’s Olympic hockey gold on Thursday — the first leg of what they hope will be a Dutch double.
A tense game ended all square at 1-1, with fourth-quarter goals in quick succession from Dutch captain Thierry Brinkman and Germany’s Thies Prinz.
The match went to a shoot-out, with each player going one-on-one with the goalkeeper.
The first two efforts for each side were saved before Brinkman put the Dutch 1-0 up.
Pirmin Blaak then saved again from Prinz.
Thijs van Dam and Justus Weigard both netted, leaving Duco Telgenkamp with the chance to win the match.
The 22-year-old nonchalantly scooped the ball beyond Jean-Paul Danneberg to give the Dutch their first gold medal in the men’s competition since 2000.
The Netherlands face China in the women’s final on Friday.
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