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Hockey-Argentina beat Belgium in penalties to win bronze in women's Olympic hockey

PARIS : Argentina beat Belgium 3-1 on penalties to win the bronze medal after a 2-2 draw in regulation time in women's hockey at the Paris Olympics on Friday as forward Sofia Cairo scored on the pivotal final shot following goalkeeper Cristina Cosentino's two blocks.

It was Argentina's third bronze and sixth Olympic medal in women's hockey, their second medal in a row after receiving silver in Tokyo. Belgium will have to wait another four years to try to get their first Olympic women's medal.

Belgium defender Emma Puvrez opened the scoring in the eighth minute by calmly lofting a rebound from her penalty corner pass over an outstretched Cosentino who had stopped a shot by defender Stephanie Vanden Borre moments earlier.

An equaliser came in the 22nd minute when defender Augustina Gorzelany collected the team's fourth penalty corner and sent it high past the defence and into the left corner of the net.

Belgium's nerves were apparent in the opening of their first medal match, with errant passes landing on Argentina's stick and players arguing with the referee, resulting in a yellow card for midfielder Alix Gerniers in the 25th minute.

Argentina capitalised on the numerical advantage to go up a score, with forward Augustina Albertarrio sinking the go-ahead goal after Aisling D'Hooge denied forward Maria Granatto twice but was unable to clear the ball.

Belgium quickly responded on a penalty corner in the 27th minute when Consentino stopped the initial shot, leading to a scrum in front of the net that was calmly collected by forward Justine Rasir and lifted past the goal line.

Argentina dominated possession in the first half, holding the ball 59 per cent of the time, but were able to record only three more shots for eight in total.

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