Thomas strikes as GB stay in hunt

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Wales' Sarah Thomas helped Great Britain's women keep their medal hopes alive as they fought back to draw 2-2 with Argentina.

Agustina Garcia put the Argentines 1-0 up from an acute angle and Alejandra Gulla's lifted shot doubled the lead.

But Britain struck twice in five second half minutes first through Thomas and then Mel Clewlow equalising.

"It's the first goal I've scored in the Olympics which is fantastic," said Merthyr-born Thomas.

"It wasn't a great result against Germany in the first game but we went out today, played our game, had the belief and in the second half, we showed we can play.

"It was nice to be on the post to get the first goal.

"The adrenaline takes over but then it was back to focusing because we were still 2-1 down."

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After a 5-1 hammering by defending champions German in their first Group A match, Britain needed a result against Argentina.

But Danny Kerry's team looked out of sorts as an attacking Argentine side left the British defence bamboozled as they opened up a 2-0 lead.

Britain picked up the pace in the second half at the Olympic Green Hockey Stadium and after a series of instinctive saves Thomas finally made the breakthrough.

Clewlow levelled the match in the 51st minute but Argentina were only kept at bay by some solid keeping from Beth Storry.

Argentina missed a chance to claim a late victory but Rosario Lucjetti failed to get on the end of a pass to set up a clear goal-scoring opportunity to the relief of the British side.

Great Britain now face a make-or-break match against New Zealand on Thursday before final matches against Japan and the US.

Kerry said: "We had played pretty well and Argentina had been very good at their penalty corners.

"We tidied up one thing and it was really talking about the next score and generating momentum."