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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ben Parsons

Olympic gold medal-winning goalkeeper Maddie Hinch retires as “the tank is empty”

British Olympic hockey legend Maddie Hinch has confirmed her retirement - declaring the "tank is empty" after an exhausting 15-year career in the sport.

The 34-year-old Olympic gold-medallist made her international debut in 2008 and walks away as one of the greatest goalkeepers ever to grace the game.

Hinch famously inspired Team GB to a first-ever women's hockey gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics, saving all four penalties in the final to stop the dominant Netherlands from claiming a third successive crown.

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