RIO DE JANEIRO -- Britain was thoroughly outplayed, yet weathered everything the star-studded Netherlands team could muster.Somehow, the British escaped the onslaught and got to a shootout with the game tied at 3-3 after regulation. Maddie Hinch did not allow a goal in the shootout, and Hollie Webb scored the clincher for Britain to claim its first gold medal in womens field hockey.Married couple Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh won gold medals together for Britain. Helen scored the first goal in the shootout, a penalty stroke.Its really, really special, Kate said as she stood next to Helen. To win an Olympic medal is special. To win an Olympic medal with your wife there next to you, taking a penalty in the pressure moments is so special, and we will cherish this for the rest of our lives.The Netherlands was trying to become the first nation to win three consecutive gold medals on the womens side Friday night. The Netherlands had five players who were pursuing their third gold.We did everything we needed to do, Netherlands coach Alyson Annan said. I think we played a fantastic game. We dominated the whole game, and we played as we should have and as we wanted to. Tactically, we were strong. Technically, we were strong. Physically, mentally, we were the better team. That makes it much more disappointing.After Helen Richardson-Walshs penalty stroke, Hinch took care of business in the goal.Goalkeeping has its highs and lows, Hinch said. You can be the villain, but you can also be the hero for the moment. But for me today, that was a huge team effort. We knew the Dutch would have their moments. They are a fantastic side.Just getting the match to penalty strokes bordered on the miraculous, but Britain had developed a habit of closing strong throughout the Rio Games. The British were outshot 17-2 in the first three periods, yet trailed just 3-2. Britains Nicola White scored midway through the fourth period after a rebound on a penalty corner to tie the match.Britain held on and left it in the capable hands of its goalkeeper.You could see our faces when it went to shuffles, their faces just dropped and our faces kind of lit up, Britains Lily Owsley said. Its our thing, its Maddies thing.The Netherlands attacked hard from the beginning, as usual. The Dutch were awarded a penalty stroke with 9:24 remaining in the first period after contact in the circle, but Hinch blocked Maartje Paumens shot to keep the match scoreless. Britain came back three minutes later when Owsley tapped one in off a rebound.Kitty van Males high shot over Hinch evened the score early in the second period.Maartje Paumen scored on a penalty corner, but Britains Crista Cullen scored 42 seconds later to even the score again.Van Male scored again on a deflection on a penalty corner midway through the third period, then White scored to force the shootout.After the match, Owsley said the team will enjoy the Rio nightlife.We are going to have a few orange juices and see what Rio has to offer, she said.---Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter CliffBruntAP . Wholesale Air Jordan 12 Australia . Ibaka equaled a career high with 20 rebounds, adding four blocked shots and 15 points as the Thunder smothered the Milwaukee Bucks offence in a 92-79 victory Saturday night. 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Australias team performance chief Pat Howard, the man held ultimately accountable for the fortunes of the national side, has reached out to former opening batsman Chris Rogers for advice on how to scotch the bleeding of the Test teams currently hapless top six.Howard also admitted that he, the coach Darren Lehmann and the national selection panel were under pressure to keep their jobs unless results improved. Appointed as a result of the Argus review in August 2011, he said that there needed to be renewed focus on the defensive and tactical skills of batsmanship to get through difficult days like the one experienced in Hobart on Saturday.It needs more focus. Thats simple, Howard said. Chris was fantastic, you go back to what he and David Warner did at the Oval [in 2015], I think it was 14 runs off 10 overs, they read the situation really well. That patience and adaptability to read the situation there. Ive really been impressed by Chris insights and comments and I was before.Hes got a good insight into the game ... weve talked to him about coming and talking to people around that, both technically and mentally, and about a year ago he worked with our Under-19s. Its a fair comment and something to drive some of our thinking.The position of Australian batting coach has changed hands this year, following Howards decision not to grant an improved contract to Michael Di Venuto, who held the position with some success for the previous three years. Di Venuto, who has been in Hobart this week, then took the job as head coach of Surrey, and the role was handed over to the former England batsman Graeme Hick, an internal appointment via his role at the National Cricket Centre.Before this Test, Hick admitted he had his work cut out to build the relationships necessary to be an effective batting coach for the team. The rest of Lehmanns support staff, including the assistant coach David Saker and the fielding coach Greg Blewett, are all relatively recent appointments. Rogers has said that the spate of batting collapses pointed to deeper issues within the team, and in the domestic structure beneath it.I think good sides always find a way to fight when theyre in trouble, and the Australian side at the moment, when they lose a few wickets its just a collapse, Rogers told ABCs Offsiders on Sunday. All 10 wickets have fallen, weve seen it now two Tests in a row I think for 86 in the first Test and now 85 in this Test, and you dont see that [often]. So theres something fundamentally wrong I think with the side, theyre obviously lacking confidence. Theres no doubt the talents there, but they just cant find a way to fight, and thats really disconcerting.Speaking to particularly a few of the older guys, past players, theres a bit of a thought that maybe we should push to return to how the Sheffield Shield used to be - just pick the best sides, the best players and see who wins. We have this system now where were trying to identify players and push them through. But weve been doing that for a fair while now and it doesnt seem to be working, the performmances havent really been there to justify it.dddddddddddd I think its about now finding that winning culture. Weve perhaps lost that, and whether we need to find that at the level below, maybe thats the way to go.Howard stated, among other things, that Australias traditional Gabba start - where they had not lost a Test match since 1988 - had to be moved for commercial reasons, namely an effort to build the audience for a Brisbane match via the avenue of a day-night Test. But he also said the team had to be adaptable enough to cope. The team does like starting in Brisbane obviously but we just talked about adaptability and being able to play in different conditions at different times, Howard said. Brisbane has been a Test match that has struggled in other areas of the game over the last couple of years and they look to do something different.Id like to have games in Brisbane to support the team at times, there were other aspects as well, but we also need to adapt and I dont want to look for excuses. We want to look for excuses at times and look for easy answers, and I dont want to go down that track. Whatever you get overseas, whatever you get at home, do your homework, do your preparation get ready to adapt to the situation and the conditions on offer.Like the national selectors, Trevor Hohns and Mark Waugh, Howards contract expires at the end of June 2017. The selection chairman Rod Marsh has already indicated he will vacate his post at that time, but Howard said there had been no discussion about finding his replacement any earlier than that. He did indicate,d however, that the entire panel may be refreshed at that time.Its important to note that Rod and I had that discussion well before the Sri Lanka tour, Howard said. This has been well in train and [his replacement] hasnt been contemplated, we announced it a couple of weeks ago, and it was just confirming what all of us had known for a long time.Weve always had different guys on different tours. Trevor Hohns and Mark Waugh will go on and their contracts are due up at the same time as well, so they may not be staying either. I appreciate the pressure comes on Rod, he knows that this comes with the role, but there are people in that situation all the time and every time you say someone is not going to stay and you exit them straight away it doesnt respect the work that they are doing at the time.Howard also defended the decision to extend Lehmanns contract until 2019 in August. This is a great challenge for his coaching, I think hes in uncharted territory for him as well and weve talked about that, Howard said. This is a great chance for him to reinvent.Hes been contracted through past 2019, which is a huge year in the calendar, Ashes away and a World Cup back-to-back. Weve got a young captain with a coach thats wanted to give the team and squad some stability. I make no apologies for that, I made the decision and I take accountability for that. ' ' '