By Forrest Crellin
PARIS (Reuters) -The Netherlands beat Germany 3-1 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw to win the gold medal in men’s hockey at the Paris Olympics on Thursday with Duco Telgenkamp firing home the final penalty shot past goalkeeper Jean-Paul Danneberg.
The win gave the Dutch men their third gold medal and 10th medal overall in hockey since 1928. They last won gold at the Sydney Games in 2000, having lost in the 2004 and 2012 finals.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was in the stands to watch his country as cries of “Holland!” and “Deutschland!” competed with each other throughout a tightly contested defensive match-up.
Dutch skipper Thierry Brinkman scored the first goal in the 46th minute by redirecting a ball lofted over Danneberg, with Germany responding on a penalty corner score by midfielder Thies Prinz in the 50th minute, sending the game to penalties.
(Reporting by Forrest Crellin; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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