Tokyo Olympics: Nice Britain eventers win staff gold for first time in 49 years

Tokyo Olympics: Great Britain eventers win team gold for first time in 49 years

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Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8
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Great Britain have won Olympic team eventing gold for the first time in 49 years and are well placed for individual medals later on Monday.

World number one Oliver Townend, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen sealed team victory in the final showjumping stage.

They claimed the gold ahead of Australia while France took bronze.

Townend is second in the individual standings with McEwen third and Collett fifth before the final round of jumping to decide those medals (12:45 BST).

The GB team finished with 86.30 penalties – 13.90 clear of Australia – to seal Britain’s 11th gold of the Games.

“My nerves were fine,” said McEwen, 30, whose stables are on the the Princess Royal’s Gatcombe estate in Gloucestershire.

“They [Townend and Collett] are both brilliant riders, and I had no…

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