Equestrian

Canada's Lamaze wins jumping gold

(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

HONG KONG (AP) Eric Lamaze of Canada rode Hickstead to the individual gold medal in Olympic equestrian jumping on Thursday, winning a timed jump-off over Rolf-Goran Bengtsson of Sweden, who took silver on Ninja.

U.S. rider Beezie Madden, riding Authentic, beat six other riders in another timed jump-off for the bronze.

Earlier in the week, the U.S. team won gold in team jumping and Canada won the silver.

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Athlete to Watch

Anky van Grunsven
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Discipline: Dressage
  • Sport: Equestrian
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Anky van Grunsven