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Gold! Britain does it again
Horse & Hound
|August 01, 2024
A historic win in the Palace of Versailles as Great Britain takes a fifth Olympic team title and individual bronze
BRITAIN has made history by becoming the first country to win five Olympic eventing team gold medals – and Laura Collett took individual bronze.
Laura and London 52, Tom McEwen and JL Dublin and Ros Canter with Lordships Graffalo finished on a total score of 91.3 to defend the team title won in Tokyo, with the French second on 103.6 and Japan taking bronze with 115.8.
“We knew coming here we had a good chance,” said Laura. “The horsepower the British team has at the moment is second to none. We could have fielded another whole team with the reserves and could have won a gold medal so the pressure is on [for us to perform] but luckily, we all managed to deliver.”
This story is from the August 01, 2024 edition of Horse & Hound.
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