PARIS : Medal contention was always the goal for Belgium's women's hockey team at the start of their long qualifying run for the Paris Games, a journey more than a decade in the making fueled by a reshaping of the national programme's gender dynamics.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Hockey - Women's Pool A - Germany vs Belgium - Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Colombes, France - August 03, 2024. Judith Vandermeiren of Belgium reacts next to Nike Lorenz of Germany. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/ File Photo
Now the women have advanced to their first semi-final in their first Olympic playoff run after beating a strong Spain team 2-0 on Monday in a tight quarter-final that was goalless until the fourth quarter, while the men are out of contention. When the RBIHF rekindled Olympic aspirations and went looking for money in 2005 they only found enough cash for one team and the men got the lion's share, fueling their runs to successive Olympics after not qualifying since 1976.
"We have a very good balance of experience and of younger girls. There are four or five that already did the Olympics and that have more than 200 caps. So it's a really good balance in the team."
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