The stars are out to celebrate 20 years of Las Leonas

It was 20 years ago this month – 24 September precisely – at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, that the Argentina women’s national team adopted the symbol of the lioness as their own. Argentina took the silver medal after losing the final to the Hockeyroos, and it was at this point in their rich hockey history that the potent symbol of the lioness and the name Las Leonas became the rallying call for Argentina’s female hockey players.