Owsley eyeing Olympic hockey gold

BySportsbeat

Published 30/01/2016 at 11:15 GMT

Lily Owsley insists Great Britain's women's hockey team will be gunning for gold when the Rio 2016 Olympic Games roll around this summer.

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GB proved they are one of the best in the world by going unbeaten en route to winning the World League semi-finals in Antwerp, sealing Olympic qualification, while England triumphed at the EuroHockey Championships.

Owsley's successful season was then topped off when she was named as the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Rising Star of the Year for 2015.

And after a memorable campaign on a personal level, the forward sees no reason why 2016 can't be even more spectacular for the team.

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"If any year has, 2015 has shown we are a team to be reckoned with," said Owsley.

"We've proved that through the Olympic qualifiers by being unbeaten, then the Europeans unbeaten. I think in the last year we have beaten every top team in the world.

"The Olympics is a chance for us to show we are the best team in the world and we can win gold."

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