The curtain has closed on an epic 12 days of equestrian game at Paris, and what a approach to finish court cases with an Olympic person showjumping ultimate that was once full of drama.
The overall festival as of late (5 August) noticed many most sensible names tumble out of competition prior to the medal winners had been topped.
Let’s make amends for the entire tales from Versailles…
Germany’s Christian Kukuk produced the one transparent spherical within the three-way jump-off to win gold
Swiss famous person Steve Guerdat put his troubles from the primary day of the Olympic showjumping firmly at the back of him to clinch person silver
The Netherlands’ Maikel van der Vleuten retained his person bronze medal gained in Tokyo
There was once heartbreak for lovers of King Edward when Henrik von Eckermann had a surprise fall
Scott Brash can have overlooked out on a person medal, however he wasn’t too disenchanted as he returns house as soon as once more a workforce gold medallist
An unfortunate poles dashed Ben Maher’s probabilities of repeating his Tokyo person medal luck
There was once an sudden withdrawal this morning from Harry Charles after Romeo 88 picked up a minor damage in the day past’s qualifier
Irish riders Daniel Coyle and Shane Sweetnam had been on most sensible shape in the day past’s qualifier, completing 3rd and 2nd respectively, but it surely wasn’t intended to be within the ultimate
And 8-time Olympian Rodrigo Pessoa defined why the Paris Video games are “additional particular”
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