Tokyo Olympics: Great Britain beat India to win women's hockey bronze

Last update on. From the section OlympicsTokyo Olympic Games on BBC Dates: 23 Jul-8 Aug Time in Tokyo: BST+8. Listen live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and BBC Red Button; Listen live on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra, and Sounds; Live text and video clips available on BBC Sport app and website.With a thrilling victory of 4-3 against India, Great Britain won bronze in women's hockey at Tokyo 2020.The 2016 gold medallists led early with a 2-0 lead, but lost 3-2 in the third quarter.After a series of penalty corners, they drew level again before Grace Balsdon scored the winning goal.This is Great Britain's third Olympic Games win in a row, following the bronze medal won by the women in 2012.At 11:00 BST, the gold medal match will see the world champions, the Netherlands, take on Argentina.Hollie Pearne Webb, Great Britain captain, told BBC Sport that it was a difficult five years. She couldn't have been prouder."We are all here because we had that little bit more belief deep down, and there have been lots of times over the years when we doubted our ability to achieve this and I'm so happy and proud."This cycle was not a rollercoaster, because it didn't have many highs. Olympic bronze was not in our wildest dreams a few months back.As Great Britain won their third Olympic bronze medal, there were many tears.India's women were competing for their first medal but could not match the success of the men's team who won bronze on Thursday, ending a 41-year wait.GB won Yashio gold after a dramatic penalty shootout win against the Netherlands five year ago.Elena Rayer's deflected cross-back opened the scoring for GB, before Sarah Robertson's brilliant reverse-stick strike made it 2-0. Maddie Hinch saved the game at the other end with a smart save.Three Olympic Games have been held in London: 2012, 2012, and 2020.India rallied after Gurjit Kaur scored two penalty corners in rapid succession. They went 3-2 up after Vandana Katariya capitalized on a scramble at the D.GB regrouped and captain Pearne Webb scored a rare goal, before the defending champions piled more pressure on them in the third quarter.Balsdon won the penalty corner winner, and despite a few late Indian attempts, GB managed to hold on.Analysis: GB managed the pressureKate Richardson-Walsh is the 2016 Olympic gold medalist on BBC TV.GB handled the pressure extremely well, kept the clock running and was a great teammate when they had their chance. That team is a credit to me.India is so dangerous in counter-attacks and so deadly on penalty corners, Great Britain had to be vigilant - and they were.