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Summary Netherlands defeated eight-time Olympic champion India 3-2 in Olympic mens hockey.
The Netherlands beat eight-time Olympic champion India 3-2 in the opening match of the mens field hockey at the Olympics on Monday.Australia skipper Jamie Dwyer scored a hat-trick to help his No. 1-ranked side defeat South Africa 6-0, and still was not satisfied with his teams performance.The Netherlands pulled ahead of India early after Roderick Weusthof scored from a penalty corner. Robert van der Horst scored next to help his side end the first half 2-0 ahead.India, which dominated mens hockey for almost half a century but has been in a slump for years, started the second half strongly with forwards Dharamvir Singh and Sarvanjit Singh finding the net in the 45th and 48th minute to level the scores.Mink van de Weerden scored a winner for the Netherlands.Australia encountered little resistance from the South Africans.It opened up a little bit in the second half and we capitalized with a few goals, Dwyer said. Overall it was a pretty good result, but we werent thorough enough in a lot of areas and we need to improve.I had two (penalty) strokes in there so you are meant to score those goals. Im glad I executed the two strokes properly and the penalty corner rebound, so overall very happy to get my name on the score sheet, Dwyer said.Earlier, You Hyo-sik scored both goals as South Korea beat New Zealand 2-0.In the days final match, host nation Britain overpowered Argentina 4-1.
