Australia eves spot on for hockey gold
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October 14, 2010, Thursday
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AUSTRALIA defeated New Zealand on penalty strokes in an absorbing final yesterday to retain its women's field hockey title.
New Zealand snatched a last-minute 2-2 equalizer in regulation time when Clarissa Eshuis' hard push off a penalty corner hit the board.
There was no score in extra time as both teams missed several scoring opportunities, and Australia clinched the gold medal 4-2 on penalty strokes.
New Zealand star striker Katie Glynn and Krystal Forgesson missed New Zealand's penalty strokes while Australia captain Madonna Blyth's shot from the spot also went wide. A calm Jessica Nicole finished it off with the last stroke.
"It's (penalty strokes) something I am not used to, but I think rest of our players and goalkeeper remained calm," Blyth said. "She (Nicole) held her nerve and when she scored I immediately said 'Thank God.'"
In the bronze medal match, midfielder Georgie Twigg's first-half goal guided England to a 1-0 win over South Africa.
Elsewhere, Indian race walker Rani Yadav tested positive for a banned steroid and was provisionally suspended from the Games. The 20-year-old finished sixth in the women's 20km race walk last Saturday.
"The CGF can now confirm that the A sample of Ms Rani Yadav... was found to contain 19-Norandrosterone, a prohibited Anabolic Agent under category S1 of the WADA list of prohibited substances and methods," read a statement.
Yadav is the third athlete to fail a dope test at the Games after Nigerians Osayemi Oludamola, who was stripped of the 100m gold medal, and 110m hurdler Samuel Okon.
The next-to-last day of competition yesterday included competition for 29 gold medals, including 10 in boxing.
In one of the highest-profile events of the day, 16-year-old Tom Daley won the men's 10-meter platform for England with 538 points, beating Australia's Olympic champion Matt Mitcham by 29 points.
Tour de France regular David Millar won the men's 40-km time trial, giving Scotland its first Commonwealth Games cycling medal, and Canada's Tara Whitten won the women's 29-km time trial from New Zealand's Linda Villumsen and England's Julia Shaw.
At the range, English shooter Mick Gault missed his major target in New Delhi, failing in his attempt to win his 18th Commonwealth Games medal to match the career record held by Australian shooter Phillip Adams. Gault finished seventh in his last event, the 25-meter standard pistol won by Singapore's Gai Bin.
New Zealand snatched a last-minute 2-2 equalizer in regulation time when Clarissa Eshuis' hard push off a penalty corner hit the board.
There was no score in extra time as both teams missed several scoring opportunities, and Australia clinched the gold medal 4-2 on penalty strokes.
New Zealand star striker Katie Glynn and Krystal Forgesson missed New Zealand's penalty strokes while Australia captain Madonna Blyth's shot from the spot also went wide. A calm Jessica Nicole finished it off with the last stroke.
"It's (penalty strokes) something I am not used to, but I think rest of our players and goalkeeper remained calm," Blyth said. "She (Nicole) held her nerve and when she scored I immediately said 'Thank God.'"
In the bronze medal match, midfielder Georgie Twigg's first-half goal guided England to a 1-0 win over South Africa.
Elsewhere, Indian race walker Rani Yadav tested positive for a banned steroid and was provisionally suspended from the Games. The 20-year-old finished sixth in the women's 20km race walk last Saturday.
"The CGF can now confirm that the A sample of Ms Rani Yadav... was found to contain 19-Norandrosterone, a prohibited Anabolic Agent under category S1 of the WADA list of prohibited substances and methods," read a statement.
Yadav is the third athlete to fail a dope test at the Games after Nigerians Osayemi Oludamola, who was stripped of the 100m gold medal, and 110m hurdler Samuel Okon.
The next-to-last day of competition yesterday included competition for 29 gold medals, including 10 in boxing.
In one of the highest-profile events of the day, 16-year-old Tom Daley won the men's 10-meter platform for England with 538 points, beating Australia's Olympic champion Matt Mitcham by 29 points.
Tour de France regular David Millar won the men's 40-km time trial, giving Scotland its first Commonwealth Games cycling medal, and Canada's Tara Whitten won the women's 29-km time trial from New Zealand's Linda Villumsen and England's Julia Shaw.
At the range, English shooter Mick Gault missed his major target in New Delhi, failing in his attempt to win his 18th Commonwealth Games medal to match the career record held by Australian shooter Phillip Adams. Gault finished seventh in his last event, the 25-meter standard pistol won by Singapore's Gai Bin.
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