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The South African women's side produced the longest match of the London Olympic hockey tournament thus far this morning in their clash against Japan.
Japan won the closely-contested 9th/10th place playoff classification fixture at the Riverbank Arena 2-1.
The sides were deadlocked after the final whistle and could only be separated after the second period of extra-time by a penalty stroke as the SA girls suffered their fifth loss of the tournament.
Ai Murakami scored both Japan's goals in condemning South Africa to a tenth-place finish in the tournament.
