Australia’s men scored a deserved 3-1 win over Great Britain which earned them the hockey bronze medal and extended their Olympic medal-winning sequence to six, the longest of any country. The Australians often looked like the world’s best side — as many people believe they are — and recovered well from the great disappointment of losing three goals in the last 20 minutes to Germany in Thursday’s semi-finals, which cost them a place in the final. They also let slip a 3-0 lead to Great Britain at the pool stage, but there was little likelihood of anything similar happening this time.
