The Black Sticks captain has confirmed Tokyo's Olympic Games was her swansong...ending a career spanning 296 matches.

Michelsen says she had always earmarked Tokyo as her last Games and is happy to call it quits before next year's World Cup and Commonwealth Games.

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08 Sep: The Black Sticks women have claimed their place at next year's World Cup, much to the financial relief of their governing body

06 Sep: The Black Sticks women are looking to create more goalscoring chances in this afternoon's second Oceania Cup hockey fixture against Australia in Darwin

05 Sep: The New Zealand women have opened their Oceania Cup hockey campaign against Australia with a 1-nil win in Darwin, thanks to an Olivia Shannon strike - the men lost 2-nil to the Kookaburras

23 Jul: A heads down and get on with it approach from the Black Sticks men after not being able to claim the spot they earned in hockey's global Pro League

20 Jun: New Zealand Hockey's decision about whether to compete in next season's Pro League may be taken out of their hands

20 Jun: The Black Sticks men's hockey team have one particular opponent in their sights at tomorrow morning's Nations Cup semi-final in Malaysia

20 Jun: The Black Sticks men are pushing Pro League qualification out of their minds at hockey's Nations Cup in Malaysia

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