Great Britain held on to win gold in team eventing this afternoon at the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning by 12.3 points (91.3) over France in silver position (103.6). Tom McEwen and JL Dublin jumped double clear for Great Britain to finish on their dressage score of 25.8, while their overall scoring top rider, Laura Collett aboard London 52, dropped one rail and added 0.8 time faults to finish on 23.1. Rosalind Canter and Lordships Graffalo dropped one rail, but jumped within the time to finish on 42.4.
In the end, the French riders all had unfortunate rails, with one also incurring 0.4 time faults as well, but it was enough to keep them in the silver medal spot. Japan climbed back (from incurring 20-penalty points for having to substitute in a new team horse and rider when Ryuzo Kitajima’s Cekatinka was spun at the second horse inspection this morning) to take bronze (115.8) over Belgium in fourth (123.4). This is Japan’s first Olympic eventing team medal.
All three riders for Great Britain and France will return for the individual eventing show jumping finals. Two of Japan’s riders, Yoshiaki Oiwa and Kazuma Tomoto, will also return this afternoon to jump for individual medals.
The USA finished seventh on 133.7. Boyd Martin and Fedarman B were the USA’s best scorers, jumping double clear on 32.1. Elisabeth Halliday and Nutcracker jumped clear, but incurred 0.8 time penalties to finish on 34.8. Caroline Pamukcu and HSH Blake pulled one rail and had 0.4 time penalties for 66.8. Martin and Halliday and their horses will return for the eventing show jumping final.
Helpful Links
â—† Full Team Results
â—† First Round Individual Results
â—† Order of Go for Individual Finals
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