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Australia will battle Belgium for Olympic men's Olympic hockey gold in Tokyo after hard-fought 3-1 semi-final win over Germany.
Blake Govers, who scored as Australia overcame Germany 3-1 in a pulsating semi-final, says emulating the success in Athens 17 years ago has driven Colin Batch's side in Japan.
'Rio has fuelled the fire for five years,' said Govers, referring to the 4-0 quarter-final defeat to the Netherlands at the 2016 Olympics.
'But the Kookaburras haven't won a gold medal since '04. So that's an even bigger fire.
Despite the win the Aussies were pictured helping the Germans up off the ground after their win in a wonderful show of sportsmanship from the Kookaburras.
Australia will battle Belgium for Olympic men's Olympic hockey gold in Tokyo after hard-fought 3-1 semi-final win over Germany
Despite the win the Aussies were pictured helping the Germans up off the ground after their win in a wonderful show of sportsmanship from the
