GB Hockey: Are They Any Good?
Kayley Greenholt
2025-05-02 19:00:49
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By contrast, the women’s team have made the podium at the last three Games – two bronzes sandwiching their famous penalty shootout gold in Rio. They are ranked second in the world, behind the Netherlands, who they narrowly lost to in the final of last year’s European Championships. “He’s brought in a fast-paced style of hockey and instilled in us a desire to do whatever it takes to stand on podiums,” adds Ames. “He wants us to play an exciting brand of hockey and that’s what we want to do – to play in a way that fans can get behind and people enjoy watching. Seeing how long it’s been since we’ve medalled and got a gold motivates you, and I definitely felt like I wanted to be one of the individuals to end a run of not achieving behind us and make sure we kickstart our own legacy.”
Jaqueline Anderson
2025-05-02 18:36:44
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Team GB men will head to the Paris Olympics with one of their strongest squads in recent memory as Great Britain goes in search of a first men’s hockey medal since 1988’s memorable gold. Revington, in what some believe to be a risky move, will instead rely on the likes of Ward, Phil Roper and Olympic debutant Gareth Furlong for penalty corner firepower, which could play a pivotal part in Paris with a raft of top nations in the mix for medals this summer. Lee Morton is also a standout addition, the left-sided Scot having proved himself at international level with his powerful instinct for attacking hockey.
Mallory Ferry
2025-05-02 16:54:55
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GB captain Hollie Pearne-Webb said the British public had been “incredibly spoilt” over the last three Olympic Games as a Team GB women’s hockey side delivered bronze, gold and bronze.
A fourth medal might have proved to be the most memorable of all after coming up against the Netherlands in the brutal stage of Olympic quarter-final hockey.
More so after they faced the world No.1 side following a below par group stage.
Myah Romaguera
2025-05-02 16:38:48
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For GB to be within two goals of their quality, shows how far the programme has come in recent years. Maltby's Liam Kirk scored and registered an assist as Great Britain demonstrated how capable they are at closing the gap on the world's ice hockey elite. They rocked Canada when ex-Steeler Kirk had the audacity to put the Brits ahead. Yet GB won the last period 1-0, with another ex Steeler Ben O'Connor scoring from Kirk's assist at 48:49. The game left plenty of questions to be asked by Canada - but none of GB, who showed tremendous resilience and courage.
Mia Bode
2025-05-02 16:34:22
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With a total of 13 Olympic medals (including four golds), Great Britain currently sit fourth in the all-time medal table. Along the way they have produced some of the most memorable moments in British Olympic history, with the men's stunning gold at Seoul 1988 immortalised by the quote 'Where were the Germans? But frankly, who cares?' Meanwhile the women's incredible triumph at Rio 2016 was voted by the public as the second best British women's sporting moment of all time and the ninth greatest British Olympic sporting moment in BBC Sport polls. It's not all been plain sailing for the British teams however and there have been plenty of bumps along the way.