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Australia stop choking

AFP, Athens
Jamie Dwyer scored a golden goal as Australia's field hockey men discarded the tag of Olympic chokers with a 2-1 victory over reigning champions the Netherlands in a rousing final on Friday.
Dwyer slammed the goal in the eighth minute of extra-time following a penalty corner after both teams were locked 1-1 at the end of regulation time.
Ronald Brouwer opened the scoring for the Dutch in the 29th minute, before Travis Brooks drew level for Australia three minutes into the second half.
World champions Germany took the bronze defeating Spain 4-3 through Bjoern Michel's golden goal in his last international match.
The Kookaburras, as the Australian men's team is known, had lost three previous Olympic finals after making it to the semifinals and beyond in eight of
their last nine appearances at the Summer Games since Tokyo in 1964.
But they finally struck gold in their fourth final by playing breathtaking aggressive hockey and avenged the 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Dutch in the preliminary league.
The Dutch setback in the final, which ended their bid for a hattrick of titles after winning golds at both Atlanta and Sydney, followed the loss of their women's team in Thursday's final against rank outsiders Germany.
The only unhappy Australian at the Helliniko stadium was Terry Walsh, who took over as Dutch coach last year after being dumped by his home nation following the bronze at Sydney four years ago.
The Dutch were handicapped by the absence of inspirational midfielder Teun De Nooijer for most of the second half after limping off with a knee injury.
Before Friday's victory, the Australians had won three silver and three bronze medals in previous Games, losing in the gold medal round to Pakistan (Mexico City 1968), New Zealand (Montreal 1976) and Germany (Barcelona 1992).
The final, played before a full house of some 8,000 spectators, began with furious exchanges by both sides near the rival defences.
Australia and the Netherlands forced two penalty corners each in the first 15 minutes but failed to score.
Dutch goalkeeper Guus Vogels thwarted two stinging shots from close range by Brooks and Michael McCann.
The deadlock was broken six minutes from half-time when Matthijs Brouwer hit a pass to cousin Ronald, who dodged past two defenders and beat goalkeeper Stephen Mowlam with a deft swerve before pushing home.
It was Brouwer's first goal in the competition and helped the Dutch gain the initial advantage.
The Australian equaliser came soon after resumption when Dwyer broke through the Dutch defence for Brooks to complete the goal with a reverse hit from an acute angle.
Australia earned four penalty corners in each half -- the Dutch got just two in regulation time -- but failed to convert any of them.