London 2012 Hockey is the latest Google Doodle

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It is the sixth day of the London Olympics and Google has chosen this time, to represent hockey as its chosen sport for Wednesday.

Hockey has had a new home in London. It is being contested on a blue turf for the first time. While there have been many who have condemned the decision and said that the turf has a lot of uneven bounce, several crucial battles have already been fought on it.

Hockey was dominated in the early 20th century by India. The team made a fighting start to their campaign in the Olympics 2012 as well. They however could not stop the Dutch from a 3-2 win despite coming back strongly in the second half, on Monday.

The Indians now play New Zealand on Wednesday.

Interestingly, the Google Doodle features a woman player. Women too have been a significant part of hockey through the years. Google however has featured the sport for the first time despite having showcased ice hockey thrice during Winter Olympic Games..

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    It is the sixth day of the London Olympics and Google has chosen this time, to represent hockey as its chosen sport for Wednesday.

    Hockey has had a new home in London. It is being contested on a blue turf for the first time. While there have been many who have condemned the decision and said that the turf has a lot of uneven bounce, several crucial battles have already been fought on it.

    Hockey was dominated in the early 20th century by India. The team made a fighting start to their campaign in the Olympics 2012 as well. They however could not stop the Dutch from a 3-2 win despite coming back strongly in the second half, on Monday.

    The Indians now play New Zealand on Wednesday.

    Interestingly, the Google Doodle features a woman player. Women too have been a significant part of hockey through the years. Google however has featured the sport for the first time despite having showcased ice hockey thrice during Winter Olympic Games.

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    On the fifth day of the London 2012 Olympics, Google has posted a new doodle dedicated to hockey, that also happens to be India's National Game.
    The doodle features a female player, holding a hook-shaped stick, playing on a hockey pitch. The doodle looks simple; neither the letter 'L' of Google has been replaced with the hockey stick nor the two Os of 'Google' have been replaced with balls. However, the doodle features a ball on the pitch.
    The six letters of Google are placed near the boundary, with second 'O' and third 'G' hidden behind the player.
    The London 2012 Hockey doodle is the sixth doodle posted by Google during the ongoing London 2012 Olympics.
    Wednesday's doodle is the first ever field hockey doodle posted by Google. Google had earlier posted three ice hockey doodles during the Winter Olympic Games - the first was during the Salt Lake City Olympics 2002, the second during the 2006 Torino Olympic Games and the third Ice Hockey doodle was put up during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games.
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    The doodle features a woman hockey player dribbling the hockey ball in a green turf with the Google logo on the background.

    Yesterday, Google celebrated London 2012 artistic gymnastics men's rings with the doodle depicting a male gymnast displaying his craft on rings.
    On Monday, Google honoured London 2012 Fencing with the doodle showing two fencers - one in attack mode and the other player in defense mode - with the letter ‘L’ from the Google’s logo shown as one of the bladed weapons being used by the latter.

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    The London 2012 Hockey doodle depicts a female player in action holding a hockey stick and trying to hit the ball.

    Google, the search engine giant, has been displaying a new doodle everyday since the opening ceremony of London Olympics 2012 as an endorsement to the sporting extravaganza.

    The hockey events are scheduled from July 29 to August 11.
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    Interesting Facts about Hockey and the Olympics

    Men’s Hockey made its debut at the London 1908 Games.
    The first women’s Olympic Hockey competition was held at the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games.
    The hockey pitches are 91.4m long and 55m wide.
    Each goal is surrounded by a D-shaped shooting circle. The penalty spot at either end is 6.4m from the goal.
    The goals at each end are 3.66m wide and 2.14m high.
    Until the 1970s, hockey was always played on grass. However, top-level matches, including those at London 2012, now take place on water-based synthetic-turf pitches, which allow the ball to roll more smoothly and quickly.
    For the first time ever at the Olympic Games, the London 2012 hockey pitch is blue, rather than green.



    London 2012 Hockey Schedule:

    If you want to watch the London 2012 Hockey events, here are the dates on which hockey is played at the London 2012 Olympics.


    London 2012 HockeyDates:
    Men’s Hockey:

    July 30, 2012
    August 1, 2012
    August 3, 2012
    August 5, 2012
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    The artistic gymnastic medal event was scheduled for Monday and it was defending champions China who won the gold medal. Earlier, Great Britain finished second and took Silver while Ukraine finished with the bronze medal.

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    On Monday, Google honoured London 2012 Fencing with the doodle showing two fencers - one in attack mode and the other player in defense mode - with the letter ‘L’ from the Google’s logo shown as one of the bladed weapons being used by the latter.

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