Laura Collett led the British eventing team to victory, clinching Team GB’s inaugural gold medal at Paris 2024 alongside Ros Canter and Tom McEwen. The UK successfully defended their title from Tokyo 2020 with impressive performances in the show-jumping final, while the home team fell short in front of a jubilant crowd, taking home the silver medal instead.
Britain concluded the three-day event with a total of 91.3 penalty points, outperforming France, which scored 103.6, and Japan with 115.8.
This gold medal marks Britain’s fifth in the event, reaffirming their status as the leading nation in Olympic titles for this discipline.
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