Olympics — Men’s fields hockey Wednesday, August 17, 2016 Leones on verge of historic Olympic medalArgentina players celebrate after beating Germany 5-2 to set up an Olympic final against Belgium. Although Argentina’s women’s national field hockey team won four Olympic medals (silver at Sydney 2000 and London 2012 and bronze at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008), the men’s team have never reached the last four at Olympic Games. Argentina and Belgium gatecrashed the Olympic field hockey festival and reached their first men’s final together. Seconds later, the players were embracing and group hopping all over the Olympic Hockey Stadium, too, roared on by hundreds of fans. The Dutch fans, unprompted, spurred their team to start singing, then the Belgium team went a capella, loudly, with their fans echoing them.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald August 17, 2016 02:48 UTC