India end 40-year wait for Asian Games women's hockey gold

New Delhi, Oct 2 (UNI) For a while, the Indian women's hockey team had been caught in a cycle of inconsistency, with injuries, a poor Pro League campaign that ended in relegation and a tendency to falter when the stakes were highest. They entered the Asian Games after finishing fifth at the World Cup, but put those setbacks behind them in emphatic fashion, ending a four-decade wait for the Asian Games gold with a 1-0 victory over defending champions China in the final on Friday. For No. 8-ranked India, Lalremsiami Hmarzote's superb reverse-stick strike in the 10th minute proved enough…