It was worth the wait, all 48 years and 11 months of it. Great Britain’s eventers yesterday won Olympic team gold for the first time since September 1, 1972, and they did it in sublime style under the lights at Equestrian Park, closing out the dominant position they had built over two days of peerless dressage and cross-country. They could lay Tokyo Tower on its side and still be nowhere near the winning margin secured by the world No 1, Oliver Townend, on Ballaghmor Class, Laura Collett, on London 52, and Tom McEwen, riding Toledo de Kerser. Australia were a massive 13.9 penalty points back in second. For context, the gap between the Rio gold and silver medallists, France and Germany, was 3.8 penalty points.

Source: The Times August 02, 2021 12:09 UTC