Girls from the south secure Olympic hockey victory

Team GB’s women’s hockey team have defeated South Korea 5-3 at the Riverbank Arena

A late injury to influential forward Alex Danson, from Southampton, who scored Team GB’s third goal will be a worry though, just as Reading's Kate Walsh’s broken jaw was in the opening match.

“It’s really special because this team showed character in bucket-loads today to get the win after our opponents fought back so well,” said stand-in captain Helen Richardson, 30, who's from Reading and replaced Walsh.

“It’s not the circumstances I would have liked, but to lead this team is amazing, especially at the Olympic Games.”

Head coach Danny Kerry, said “It would have been easy to let Korea roll us over when the game was 3-3, but we didn't, and that's a true testament to the character of our girls.”