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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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James Toney

Canada clinch ‘redemption’ and ice hockey gold after ‘Captain Clutch’ heroics

REUTERS

It wasn’t really that close and there were certainly no cigars.

Twelve years ago in Vancouver, after winning women’s Olympic hockey gold against the USA, Marie-Philip Poulin, then just 18, chugged back a lager - even though it was illegal for her to drink - while team-mates sparked up their stogies in celebration.

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