Medal series ends: Hockey women fail to Argentina - Germany hockey
From the dream of the fifth Olympic medal in series: Germany's hockey ladies return for the first time for 21 years without noble metal from summer games. The team of national coach Xavier Reckinger lost on Monday in Tokyo in the quarterfinals against Argentina with 0: 3 (0: 2) and left. Agustina Albertarrio in the 27th minute, Maria Jose Granatto (29.) and Valentina Raposo (52nd) shot the deserved victory for the clear superior South Americans. The DHB ladies stayed in 2000 in Sydney last time without a medal at Olympia. Then it had given twice gold (2008, 2012) and twice bronze (2004, 2016). Precious metal was also in Tokyo the goal - but it should not be. German team does not come into the game The German team, which had completed the preliminary round as second behind World Champion Netherlands, came to the defensive at the beginning of the game. Argentina dominated that happening and made the all-in-black DHB ladies with susky heat of over 30 degrees hardly come to the unf...