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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The United States claimed its second straight win against a top-three team in womens field hockey, beating No. 3 Australia 2-1 on Monday.Michelle Vittese and Caitlin van Sickle scored for the Americans, who defeated No. 2 Argentina 2-1 in their Olympic opener on Saturday.United States goalie Jackie Briggs had six saves and had four saves on the four penalty corners she faced. The crowd chanted, Jackie! Jackie! after the match.The fifth-ranked Americans, who lead Pool B with six points, moved closer to qualifying for the quarterfinals. The top four teams in each six-team pool advance.The Americans dealt a major blow to Australia. The Hockeyroos dropped their opener to Britain 2-1 on Saturday and now have no points with three pool play matches remaining.The United States spent the early part of the match defending its goal as the aggressive Australian attack put the Americans on their heels. Briggs stopped four shots in the first period, and the match remained scoreless.Much like in their opener against Argentina, the Americans retained their composure. Vittese scored on a penalty corner to put the United States up 1-0 in the second period.The Americans went up 2-0 in the third period when van Sickle scored on a penalty corner. There was a video referral because the pass near the goal was high, but it was not considered and the goal was upheld.Australia came back fewer than two minutes later with a goal by Kathryn Slattery.The Hockeyroos got another penalty corner with two minutes remaining in the fourth period, but Briggs deflected a shot high.---Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter (at)CliffBruntAP . The story so far Prakash Padukone was a teenage prodigy who won nine national titles in a row before the All-England in 1980. He came into the tournament at Wembley Arena as the reigning Commonwealth champion and had also won his first grand slam titles, the Danish and Swedish Opens; he already had a reputation. Yet the competition was tough; leading the field were the Danes, Morten Frost and Flemming Delfs, the Indonesian Liem Swie King, the defending champion, and the new challengers, the Chinese. And no Indian had ever won an international tournament.The moment Prakash entered the final -- on March 23, the first time it was being played on a Sunday -- having beaten Frost, by then a good friend, in the semis. He would now face King, against whom he had a poor track record: Played 4, Lost 4. But Prakash had watched Kings semi-final, against Delfs, and seen a strangely diffident King, as he told his biographer Dev Sukumar. He was off to a flier, exploiting Kings tentative strokeplay and raced to a 10-0 lead; he dropped three points before taking the game, all in eight minutes. King found his form in the second game and speeded up the play but Prakash, using his deceptiion, kept trying to slow it down.dddddddddddd He moved to 11-4, then 13-7 and then 13-10, King snapping at his heels all the while. Sukumar writes: Then came a slice of luck. The shuttle nibbled the tape and fell on Kings side. One service-change later, a tap gave Prakash match point. The rest is history.The reaction That was one of the turning points not just in my career but for Indian badminton. - Prakash PadukoneExpert view Prakash showed that by sheer determination and proper planning, Indian sportsperson can become world champions. He was Indias first real professional sportsman in both outlook and deeds. - Novy Kapadia, journalist and historianThe story since Prakash was in peak form and, though winning the All-England was probably the apex of his career, there were many titles that followed, including the Danish Open that same year and the World Cup the next year followed by a bronze at the World Championship in 1983, and, in 1986, a bronze in the Asian Games.Suggested reading Touch Play - The Prakash Padukone Story?by Dev S Sukumar ' ' '