Freak head injury forces Olympic champion Danson-Bennett to quit


  • Hockey
  • Friday, 21 Feb 2020

FILE PHOTO: Britain Olympics - Team GB Homecoming Parade - London - 18/10/16 Alex Danson of Britain with team mates during the Parade Action Images via Reuters / Peter Cziborra

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Olympic gold medal-winning former women's hockey captain Alex Danson-Bennett has been forced to retire because of a head injury sustained while laughing at a joke in 2018.

The 34-year-old Danson-Bennett, part of the British team that won hockey gold in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, had hoped to feature at this year's Tokyo Games.

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