USA'S TEAM SHOW JUMPING WINS THE GOLD
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On August 18 (Monday), 2008, the USA show jumping team won the Olympic Gold, with Canada finishing for Silver.
In round one, America tied for first with Switzerland. Canada finished in fourth, after one of their team's horses, Ole, was injured. In the main round, they had two cleared rides and a ride with four faults. However, the time in the first two rides put them on the board.
In the first round, Laura Kraut and Cedric were the only team to go clear over the jumps. They repeated this in the Finals the next day. McClain Ward and Sapphire had four faults, Will Simpson and Carlsson vam Dach had eight, and Beezie Madden on Authentic had four. The Americans still captured the gold. Germany, the heavily favored team, finished fifth.
Now, this Thursday, the top 35 riders will be chosen and will go against each other to try and win the individual rider's gold medal. ~Equine Lover
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