LONDON (AP) — The Netherlands retained the women’s Olympic hockey title with a 2-0 win over world champion Argentina at Riverbank Arena on Friday.
The Dutch scored off two second-half penalty corners to join Australia as the only three-time Olympic champions.
Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel scored the first Dutch goal from a rebound of Eva de Goede’s corner in the 40th minute.
After the Argentine goalkeeper saved a corner by Maartje Paumen, the Dutch captain then scored on her next chance a minute later, in the 54th. It was her 14th Olympic goal and third in London.
No. 2-ranked Argentina was seeking its first gold medal.
