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Hello again. If you have just finished the working week and are

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settling down to watch the final week of the Olympic Games you are

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just in time, because we are enjoying the final round of the

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individual show-jumping, the final event of the equestrian events. Nick

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Skelton and Big Star, they go in a couple of riders time, they jumped a

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clear round earlier in the day and it is all coming down to this final

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round now. Ack to Mike and Andy. Yes, the tension is building. We are

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notching up now. We are now seeing Matias Albarracin and Cannavaro.

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Very good performance from them. The other will be an individual from

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Ukraine. If either of them jump clear they will take up the lead at

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this stage of two Mac rounds for the individual medals.

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Still clear at the moment, what to try to make sure he stays inside the

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time. But it is not going to make a massive difference. 68 seconds. As

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long as he only gets one time fault he will still go into the lead at

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this stage. It is one for this round, one for the last round, he is

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an two, he can say to his mates and family, I led the individuals at one

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stage. Did not quite get going with his pace but the only interesting

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thing, is one more rider to come, but on one time fault, and if that

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rider goes clear, he will knock him down a place. But he has done all he

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could do, made sure he jumped fences and is in the lead at this stage.

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The tension is really building. The Argentinian team are delighted with

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that. Trotting down now, the one individual rider from the Ukraine,

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Rene Tebbel, road for Germany many times, and has not Britain in a

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championship for well over 20 years. -- has not ridden. He swapped

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allegiances and now represent Ukraine, and Zipper, 12 years old,

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has got him through to this stage. On that one time fault. If you can

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jump clear then momentarily at least, maybe longer, he is the new

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leader of the show-jumping hair at Deodora. The breeze has dropped and

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it is very hot. Well over 30, the heat is certainly having an effect.

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And there will be a considerable amount of jumping they have had to

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do to get to this final stage. The horses need to be fit and have

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plenty of energy but this big stallion is full of running. He has

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jumped clear round after clear round. The important thing for Rene

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Tebbel, if he wants to take the lead, he must get inside the time.

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68 seconds. If you goes over the time limit he is going to get one

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penalty for every four seconds. At the moment, the Argentinian has

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already finished on the one time fault. So, with the fence down it is

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all academic now. Just to get the time. 0.11 of a second over. Add in

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the one-time penalty from the previous round and he finishes and

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six. As we watch the pictures of Rene

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Tebbel and Zipper, sit tight, the next is the first of the clear

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round, Britain's Nick Skelton. Well, you have got to look back to 1972,

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Munich, when any -- Anne Moore last won an individual medal for Britain.

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Can Nick Skelton do what he has always felt this horse is capable of

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and win an individual medal at an Olympic Games? Big Star, Great

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Britain, Nick Skelton. Just a little rattle but it stayed

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up. A huge leap over number seven. Three

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fences to go. Time is going to be quite tight. He

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is close into the triple bar but he has jumped it. Just the last fence.

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Must get inside the time of 68. He has done it. Yes, he is inside the

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time. Only just inside the time, but he is. And Great Britain are still

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on target for a medal to finish the equestrian. Nick Skelton, the first

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of 13 clear, makes it a double. Absolutely riding for his life and

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Big Star showing the incredible class and quality we always knew he

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had, we always knew he could do this, and Nick Skelton has waited

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four years, a man who broke his neck before the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

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It is his seventh Olympics but there are not many parts of his body that

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are his own, he is a real bionic man! Let's hope that the bionic man

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can win medals. Well, sit tight. It is on now. As we come to the next,

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the Australian, coming in on a clean sheet so far, Edwina tops

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-- Alexander no doubt about the quality and show-jumping, no doubt

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about that. 14th in the world. Let's remind you, if we get

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equality, if there are clear rounds, there will be a jump off against the

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clock. This little athletic horse giving it

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absolutely everything. Bursting with energy, not tiring at all. Is it

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going to be our second double clear? She is a long way off. Did not like

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that's tried going in and changed her mind, it is a bit of an optical

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illusion, unfortunately, Edwina got it all wrong. Inside the time,

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reasonably comfortable, but it is that triple bar, and it is full

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penalties, it drops down. -- drops her down. Edwina just picked up a

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stride a bit too early to that triple bar, it is a funny fence to

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look at, unusual to have a triple into a double, and she had to change

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her mind, there was absolutely no chance of jumping it, and it was a

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great shame because Lintea Tequila was jumping out of her skin. Nick at

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the moment is the only clear. Let's not get overexcited! Here is a man

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who does not get overexcited, he is a cool cookie, the 43-year-old

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Jeroen Dubbeldam, with Zenith, the reigning world and European

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champion, a winner in Sydney in 2000, and this horse, produced

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beautifully back in Britain, he will be very proud of this horse,

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interestingly enough it is a horse that has been retained for the

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Dutch, but will go on sale fairly shortly, and that will be very

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interesting. Can this man do what Michael Yong did for eventing and

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hold all three titles? To have any chance you must join Nick Skelton on

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a clear round in this round. The last few championships, Zenith

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has been by far the most successful championship horse. European

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Championships, World Championships, and here he is at the Olympics.

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Where, it was one of those moments. Everyone holding their breath. But

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no better man than Jeroen Dubbeldam, time and time again he comes good.

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We never really matters. -- when it really matters. Now the triple bar.

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Immaculate. A little time check. 68 seconds. It will be close. And he

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has gone over, big drama. He has got a time fault. He will be cursing

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that. He looked to be cruising, but he is the man for judgment. And he

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just got this one is slightly wrong. That is extraordinary, the man who

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never makes mistakes, and Zenith was absolutely brilliant, so, there I

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say it .my? -- dare I say it... ? Sit tight, there is a long way to

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go! It looked to have clear round Britain all over it and I think the

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expression on the face of Jeroen Dubbeldam will tell you his

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disappointment. Confirmation of the 1-2- three at the moment.

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Switzerland now. We have dynasty is in British show-jumping, non-more so

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than the Whitakers, were here now is the Swedish dynasty, the Fuchs

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family, Martin, son of Thomas, and his uncle Marcus, again and other

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star, and this is a star very much in the ascendancy. A young rider, a

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European champion, and on this lovely horse Clooney, already right

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up the world rankings, and jumping at the very highest level. Looked to

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be getting it right in a previous Grand Prix but did not go his way.

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But he has been very good here at the Olympics, his first. Clear in

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the first of the individual rounds. It is just so important, as we have

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just seen with Jerome Dobbledaum, there is a lot of space in this

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arena, they have got to get moving, and that is another one. Clear

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rounds are very, very scarce. The other thing to think about is that

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the four falters who jumped clear, then any of the previously clear

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round to make faults in this round, they will all go level. As things

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stand gold, silver, and bronze is already organised. That is already

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in order. Nick Skelton on a clear. Jerome Dobbledaum, on one. The

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Argentinian, on two. Clooney, meanwhile, a total of four overall

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for the two rounds. One by one and they bite the dust. Exactly, that

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was one of the horses that could definitely have jumped clear. Again,

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he finds the first part of the combination. But the Swiss flags are

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out. The Swiss flags are out for the

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reigning champion. And on the final day of

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London 2012 Steve Guerdat is a famous rider since he was 15.

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Steve Guerdat is another rider who comes good when it matters in the

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big moments. He's jumping out of his skin down

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the combination. Steve looked worried Judy Downey

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first inspection, the horse did not look great. The horses got better

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and better. -- during the first inspection. That is where Nino Des

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Buissonnets is at his best. He dug deep. The time is good. I rounded

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the corner. The Olympic gold medal is going to be a timer jumpoff for

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sure. Switzerland joined Britain. Two clear rounds. It is game on.

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Steve Guerdat is not letting his title go to easily. He fought really

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hard. He had to work very hard to jump the big double. Nino Des

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Buissonnets, what a horse. He is 15 now. Look at the face of Steve.

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Sheer determination. It was determined riding and the horse that

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gives absolutely everything. That is what you want. We have got a

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jumpoff. It will go to the wire. Confirmation of the situation. A two

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clear rounds left to jump. This is a little grey horse you will

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recognise, jumped around many British tracks.

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This horse has got better and better. Team bronze down in the

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dirt. Sergio Alvarez Moya has jumped this small grey horse to some big

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results. If he stays clear then we have the three we jumpoff. It could

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be more. At this stage in the competition,

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towards the end of the week, it does not matter what preparation the

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horses have had to get you. You need a horse that does not give up on you

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and keep trying. This little horse, his ears pricked up, trying his

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best. He's years old as well. -- 15 years old. Just the two clear rounds

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at the moment. It is a long way around when you hit

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an early fence, you know the chances of a medal have gone. Just finish

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off your road and see where you get to in the final order. -- round.

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Little Carlo has done well all week. He is tiring over the last few

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jumps. He reaches for the last but gets a time fault. It is nine for

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this round. Total of nine. That is where the four defaulters will claim

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another place. Just one round to many for Carlo.

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Some of the horses coming into this last round, finding it hard going.

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The one Spanish goes out in the individual. One of two that have

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come into this final day from Qatar. It is Al Thani. They have surpassed

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themselves and their first Olympic Games.

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He has done to MacWorld games. We have got experience and putting that

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experience good effect. But we get the rider from Qatar

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through to the jumpoff. Every time you come to a

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championship, there are always one or two horses the and catch a ride.

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This is one of them. He wants to jump at the horse -- everything is

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clear. He tries so hard and makes the same shape over every fence.

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Very intelligent horse. He has got it. He will be OK. It

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might be close. Could not get any closer. He is indeed jumpoff for the

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medals. The times are changing. The riders from Qatar are getting closer

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and closer. They have been brilliant all week. Not just ordinary

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horsepower, super horsepower. The first of the genre and a special

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horse. All of these horses that can jump clear around here, they are out

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of the ordinary. Look at that for effort over the last defence. Very

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happy jockey, quite rightly so. I like the way the riders point to the

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horse and see it is all down to them. That is the jumpoff situation.

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If you have got a deal then you go again against the clock. We have got

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two from Germany, one from France and one from America. One from

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Sweden. And do not discount Canada, the last to go. Christian Ahlman has

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had four Olympics but he has not had the best of fortune in those

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Olympics. He would dearly like to put it right. Christian Ahlman with

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Taloubet. Since 2009 when he went on to the world stage, there are not

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too many majors that he has not won. Germany only got the bronze medal

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for the team event. Are they going to put that right this afternoon?

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Christian Ahlman and Taloubet. When you see, only the bronze, the

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Germans -- some nations would be pleased with that. It felt like a

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disappointment for the Germans because they were so good. Christian

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Ahlman is a class act and this is a capable horse. Taloubet is 16 years

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of age and is a strong stallion. Can he keep operating Agnes hit? -- can

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he keep operating in this heat? The way he took that event, it was

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brilliant. Nobody is clear until the jump the

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stubble. -- jump this double. That is a big danger out of the way for

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the Nick Skelton. Just the three going through to the jump off at the

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moment. Get inside the time but it is one down, total of four for the

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two grounds for Christian Ahlman and Taloubet. The Germans are still with

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one rider to come. He has jumped into the double, slightly forward.

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That is the way it is built. The triple bar is so unusual to the 190

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wide triple bar. But vertical is 160. Maximum height. Very hard to

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jump that double on a horse that is tiding a little bit. I bet Bob Ellis

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and his mates at home will be looking at some of the tricks to try

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to divide the world stars. That is what we have here. Daniel Deusser

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from Germany, first Olympic Games and one World Cup final. He rides in

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Belgium. He is riding the 11-year-old First Class. Germany's

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last chance to try to join the queue for the medals. And looking down the

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line, you wonder how many are going to be in that queue? We have got

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three and I think we could get at least the Matt Moore. -- three more.

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For this round I thought we would get 5-6 into the final jumpoff. It

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might be three at the moment. This couple have every chance of doing

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so. It is a powerful horse but he made the mistake. Another big, heavy

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horse tiring in the heat. Nick Skelton in that jumpoff for

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Britain. I think one of the things you need

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to remember about the championship is it as a test of fitness and

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stamina, not just a one off Grand Prix. These horses have had to jump

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quite a few rounds to keep up the level and then they come out and

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perform today over a massive course. Some of these five and some are six

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for the jumpoff for bronze medal. The total is four for the two

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grounds for Germany's Daniel Deusser and First Class. And still just

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three are clear. Two big German dangers for medals,

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one after the other, making one mistake. Just getting down to the

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final few riders. It is the nitty-gritty. France, America Sweden

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and Canada. Roger Yves Bost? Is 50 years old and

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one of the most popular show-jumpers. He is still in with

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the chance of becoming an Olympic champion. He is on Sydney Une

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Prince. It is a French bred horse. This man has worked 200%. He got

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France the team gold medal and now, can he do the same again to get

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himself an individual medal? One thing you can be sure of, it

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will not be for a lack of trying. He put absolutely everything into it,

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this man. This horse is really a fighter. He is in trouble. He is in

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big trouble. You could see he was not quite getting the distance.

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Another one bites the dust. I getting even more excited now. I

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guess I am beginning to join you. Three to go. In some respects we

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have seen spectacular jumping, one feels it be just nice if there is a

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jump of of three and everyone gets a medal, but I don't think it will end

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that way. Arlt goes Roger Yves Bost, he gets a time fault as well. Five

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it is in that second round. He boughs out, but an Olympic team gold

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medal in his second Olympics, his first back in 1996, that would be a

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good week's work for Roger Yves Bost and France. He has had a two rivet

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week, got his team gold, there he is, giving everything, but not quite

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able to stretch out of the combination.

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The crowd have fallen quite silent. We moved to what is undoubtedly the

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climax of some superb jumping. It is the American, Ken Farrington. Hair

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is the position, the three who will jump of John -- jump off for the

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medals. America's Kent Farrington, a winner all around the world in some

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of the very biggest arenas, he was in the team that finished with a

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bronze medal in the World Championships, it is his first

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Olympic Games, but he has a great temperament, and Voyeur is a very

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tough Dutch bred horse. Looking to jump clear for the medals, with the

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three who are through so far. The one thing about him, if he does get

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into the John -- jump off, he is one of the fastest in the world and the

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three who are already clear, they will not want to see this man join

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them. He gave that a big rattle coming out of the combination, close

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to the vertical. It is not the prettiest round at the moment but

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still clear. He appeared to be in all sorts of

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trouble. This is a very erratic round. But he is clear. Galloping to

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the last fence. He does touch it but it is clear. Quite comfortably

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inside the time. There are four jumping off for the medals. Britain,

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Switzerland, Qatar, and the USA. That was a white knuckle ride for

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Kent Farrington, quite erratic, picked his horse but, Voyeur, you

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really fights for him, so now we have the scenario of a jump off, and

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one of them will not get a medal. That is tough. Two riders to go,

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Sweden and Canada. It is Sweden's Peder Fredricson, on All In. He was

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with Mark told for a while, a great basis for his show-jumping, but now

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he is at the top of his game, Swedish show-jumping has been very

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consistent throughout these show-jumping competition is -- Mark

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Todd. Clear in the first round. This could just be the dark horse. This

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All In, only ten, has not put a foot wrong throughout every round,

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immaculately ridden so far by Peder Fredricson and on that combination

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you can see why. An incredibly effective jumper who does all the

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right things at all the right times. It is going to be tight for time. He

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is a naturally quick rider, super careful coming out of the double.

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Definitely will not have any time faults. Sweden joined the party.

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Clear over the two rounds. Five to jump off for the medals. One more to

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jump. Peder Fredricson, showing again immaculate temperament for the

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big occasion. He has not missed any strides, perfect rhythm and balance,

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always get around quickly around the arena, he is not one of the biggest

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names but he has certainly impressed this week. Plenty of jumping for joy

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in Scandinavia. and in terms of his competitive

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riding there are not many better. Quite brilliant, and he has a

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partnership with his fine lady that is again measuring up to that, can

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he join them and make it a six way jump off for the medals? Eric loves

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these big open spaces. He just keeps travelling, sees his stride a long

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way out. Fine Lady, really operating for him there. Another rider who, if

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he gets in the jump off, he is an absolute flying machine against the

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clock. Galloping into the double and a lot of pace, it worked, heart in

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the mouth stuff that was. He nearly came around ten seconds inside the

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time. He judges the last, and it is six. You will have no fingernails

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left at home. We have not got then here anyway. Nick Skelton is part of

:39:14.:39:20.

the John off. If you thought he is going to win the medal which she

:39:21.:39:24.

deserved in London then he will have to put his neck on the line. Eric

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just went round at jump off speed in this round so we are in for

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fireworks now. It really is going to be a quick one.

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Everybody has been talking about a fitting finale. That is what Canada

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think it is. Tiffany Foster is in there, one of the stable riders who

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goes out with Eric. A six horse and rider final jump off. And here they

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are... Take a pause, and extra breath,

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because you are going to need all of it for this jump off for the gold,

:40:25.:40:29.

silver, and bronze. Very exciting. Ten minutes to wait

:40:30.:40:39.

for that, six going into three, something has got to give, and Nick

:40:40.:40:44.

Skelton, appearing in a record seventh games, what a fitting climax

:40:45.:40:48.

this would lead to a career that started for two years ago. He has

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been a wonderful team player, part of the team gold in London but in

:40:54.:40:57.

terms of individual success the best he has got to show on his own as a

:40:58.:41:02.

bronze medal in the World Championships 20 years ago. So many

:41:03.:41:06.

people at home want him to get an Olympic medal on his own, on Big

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Star so we go back in ten minutes for that. Earlier and we saw Ben

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Maher, 17 penalties, it was not his day, let's get his thoughts.

:41:21.:41:26.

It is the end of a long, tough week of competition, was it just starting

:41:27.:41:36.

to get to Tic Tac? I think so. He is a bit short of competition. To come

:41:37.:41:45.

out twice in one day and this heat, it probably took its toll on him. I

:41:46.:41:49.

gave him quite a bit of work to do in the early two round, but it has

:41:50.:41:56.

been a good enough week for him. We came for the team primarily, I have

:41:57.:42:00.

learnt of bit about him, and I am sure he will be good after a rest.

:42:01.:42:06.

How much have you learned this week and how much potential is there,

:42:07.:42:10.

going forward? It will be a lot better if I start again in two

:42:11.:42:15.

months' time after a break. I learnt everything about him this week, it

:42:16.:42:19.

is just a shame it came a little early for me. I am pretty happy with

:42:20.:42:24.

the progression. He is not an old horse, so we have time, and a short

:42:25.:42:30.

break now before hopefully doing bigger things towards the end of the

:42:31.:42:36.

year, and next Jeff. We are back to see Nick Skelton in a few moments

:42:37.:42:39.

once they have reset the course. But we have time to catch up on what has

:42:40.:42:45.

gone on in the first day of competition in the modern

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pentathlon. There was a ranking row yesterday with the female athletes

:42:50.:42:54.

in fencing to see who is ranked top to bottom. And they go into the

:42:55.:42:57.

bonus fencing round now, having already been in the 200 metres

:42:58.:43:02.

freestyle swimming. Now they compete in the fencing. The worst of the

:43:03.:43:08.

graded fencers starts, and basically you stay there and fight allcomers,

:43:09.:43:14.

a sort of,, and have a go if you are sharp enough, if you'll pardon pun.

:43:15.:43:20.

The top ranked fencer, the longer you stay on, the more points you get

:43:21.:43:25.

towards your score. Samantha Murray, she took silver four years ago in

:43:26.:43:30.

the modern pentathlon, in fact the 65th and last medal won by the

:43:31.:43:34.

British athletes in their home games, she went well in the swim and

:43:35.:43:40.

has been fencing for fully five Alps now. Let's see how long she can keep

:43:41.:43:43.

it going. -- five bouts. Tamara Vega was the final athlete to

:43:44.:43:59.

complete her competition at 2012. We remember a fantastic afternoon at

:44:00.:44:03.

Greenwich so much. Samantha Murray became the final British medallist

:44:04.:44:08.

of the home games. Unfortunately Tamara Vega did not have a great

:44:09.:44:15.

ride in London, finishing equal 25th in the fencing with 15 victories.

:44:16.:44:21.

Samantha Murray has taken that one as well. This is turning into a very

:44:22.:44:28.

satisfactory fencing ranking round. But bearing in mind of the points

:44:29.:44:32.

that she could have got yesterday counted so much more than the points

:44:33.:44:36.

she is getting today, I am sure she will be asking herself, and her

:44:37.:44:40.

fencing coach will be saying, it would have been nice to see this

:44:41.:44:45.

yesterday. At the end of the day these are the lower ranked athletes

:44:46.:44:50.

fencing. When you are of her calibre, she really should be doing

:44:51.:44:53.

this, so it does not surprise me she is working her way through the list

:44:54.:45:07.

at the moment. Serapinaite, former junior world silver medallist.

:45:08.:45:19.

Serapinaite, got a bronze at the world finals this year and a silver

:45:20.:45:25.

medallist at the Junior World Championships in 2013. Currently

:45:26.:45:31.

ranked ninth in the world, lying in 20 First Place. -- 21st. Samantha

:45:32.:45:45.

again get it. The fist pump, and the crowd... We are very well-stocked

:45:46.:45:52.

for the dish supporters here in Rio -- British supporters. In the

:45:53.:45:58.

sunshine, it is great. This is what we did not see from Murray

:45:59.:46:04.

yesterday, this confidence. It is a flesh attack, flesh is French for

:46:05.:46:10.

are, so you create your leading arm into an and follow through with your

:46:11.:46:15.

body in very quick attack. We were not seeing this from her yesterday

:46:16.:46:21.

at all, the confidence has come back today, and she has set out

:46:22.:46:24.

determined to make amends for yesterday. Seven wins in a row in

:46:25.:46:30.

this very first fencing bonus round. Anastasio Spas of the Ukraine is her

:46:31.:46:35.

next opponent. And again, she is on a roll for

:46:36.:47:08.

fleche attacks. Anastasiya Spas, she had not qualified for any of the

:47:09.:47:12.

World Cup finals. Well below the calibre of Sam as an athlete. She

:47:13.:47:17.

disengaged her blade and took that it on. This is balancing again of

:47:18.:47:25.

what you would expect, it's Sam Murray should not be in this

:47:26.:47:30.

position starting this fencing and 31st position, she should have been

:47:31.:47:34.

hired up the order. This is important for her and this is a back

:47:35.:47:38.

point she has won in the bonus round. Every second is important.

:47:39.:47:44.

The hits that she lost yesterday were far more costly than she could

:47:45.:47:48.

actually claw back today from each of these victories. Kim from South

:47:49.:47:56.

Korea is the next opponent, she is 19 and at first Olympic Games.

:47:57.:48:04.

Kim is ranked 13th in the world. She is currently lying in 20th place.

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488 points. I was just about to say, unfortunately Kim got that fit over

:48:25.:48:29.

Sam Murray. I was going to say that after watching Sam fencing, she was

:48:30.:48:33.

becoming predictable in terms of what she was doing attack wise. I

:48:34.:48:39.

think Kim was ready for that attack. It was accurate. Good result for

:48:40.:48:45.

Sam, that will give her some confidence.

:48:46.:48:48.

HAZEL IRVINE: Samantha Murray was ranked 31 in the fencing going in

:48:49.:48:53.

and she won eight Mac boats. She has moved into ninth place overall. It

:48:54.:49:00.

is early days in that the fencing. In the bonus round. There's still

:49:01.:49:04.

lots to do today before the medals are handed out. They have got the

:49:05.:49:09.

show-jumping at 7:30pm in the evening UK time and many combined of

:49:10.:49:13.

running and shooting event at 10pm that will decide everything. Great

:49:14.:49:18.

stuff from Sam Murray. Keep things did not do so well and lost opening

:49:19.:49:23.

bout. We will keep you up-to-date on both of those athlete when we get

:49:24.:49:27.

that information. We are close to the jump of any individual

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show-jumping. The last of the equestrian events here in Rio. There

:49:32.:49:37.

is a real chance of a medal for 58 child Nick Skelton. Lee McKenzie, he

:49:38.:49:44.

said that Big Staff have been rusty in the team event but is coming

:49:45.:49:47.

good. We are seeing the evidence now. This is everything Nick has

:49:48.:49:54.

been talking about. He was frustrated not to have the chance to

:49:55.:50:03.

show off Big Star. He took time and patience with this horse getting it

:50:04.:50:08.

right after 2012. It had two years off with injury but Nick took the

:50:09.:50:12.

time to bring him back in for these Olympics specifically. He was

:50:13.:50:16.

disappointed not to get an individual medal in London and it

:50:17.:50:19.

would be fantastic if he could write about wrong today. He will be the

:50:20.:50:24.

first of the six competitors so he will set the pace. We're watching

:50:25.:50:30.

him walk into the arena in his seventh Olympic Games, on the horse

:50:31.:50:33.

that he won team gold four years ago. Big Star, can Nick Skelton get

:50:34.:50:40.

an individual medal after all these years? It will be a final and

:50:41.:50:46.

fitting last hurrah for them. COMMENTATOR: What more drama have we

:50:47.:50:56.

got ahead? The partner of Nick Skelton one team gold in Hong Kong.

:50:57.:51:00.

I remember the celebrations that night when they celebrated that Gold

:51:01.:51:05.

Medal. It would be a big celebration that this man can pull it off. It is

:51:06.:51:11.

a tough task but not to be taken for granted. There are some good horses

:51:12.:51:14.

and riders. Three are going to be unlucky. Big Star, now 13 years old,

:51:15.:51:23.

with Nick Skelton having won so many of the major titles around the

:51:24.:51:29.

world. This is the title, has hazel Irvine just said, that he wants more

:51:30.:51:35.

than any. Interestingly enough, the fact he is first goal might an

:51:36.:51:41.

advantage. He has never been somebody to take it slowly. He has

:51:42.:51:48.

to make a target for the rest which makes them under pressure. It has

:51:49.:51:54.

always suited Nick Skelton to go first in Nations cups. He likes to

:51:55.:51:58.

get out, do his round and try to put the pressure. He has to for it. This

:51:59.:52:08.

is for gold, Nick Skelton and going for Great Britain, in the jumpoff

:52:09.:52:18.

against the clock. From the second fence, back to this vertical. Inside

:52:19.:52:27.

turn. And now the double. Triple bar going in. Brilliantly over that and

:52:28.:52:41.

now the big one. Over in 28.8. Has to go back to this vertical. One

:52:42.:52:50.

fence left ago. Gallop to the last. Is it enough? 42.82. That is a great

:52:51.:53:01.

start. The rest will have to go for it. Absolutely the perfect technical

:53:02.:53:09.

round. Nick Skelton could not have done more. He has taken all the

:53:10.:53:13.

chances and put the pressure on. He has had a clear run. There he has,

:53:14.:53:22.

down to the last fence and now the pressure is on the other riders. He

:53:23.:53:33.

has got a proud son, one of the top National Hunt trainers and his other

:53:34.:53:34.

son is a good National Hunt trainer. The man trying to retain the title

:53:35.:53:51.

that he won in London in great style.

:53:52.:54:10.

Steve Guerdat and Ninos Des Buissonets are trying to get a

:54:11.:54:16.

back-to-back individual gold medal. The first fence has gone. Steve

:54:17.:54:28.

Guerdat has to put that behind him. He can still think about winning a

:54:29.:54:35.

medal if he just gets home clear. One rider that is not going to beat

:54:36.:54:39.

Nick Skelton. Interesting to look at the time. Nick Skelton did look

:54:40.:54:41.

quick around here. Steve Guerdat just going a little

:54:42.:54:47.

bit wider. 43.08. That was lower than Nick

:54:48.:55:07.

Skelton. He did not hang about. He jumped it on the angle and three.

:55:08.:55:12.

Once the first fence went down, you could sense that the concentration

:55:13.:55:17.

went for a second or two. Ninos Des Buissonets is a very quick course.

:55:18.:55:22.

He is just a fraction slower than Nick Skelton. 58 child Nick Skelton

:55:23.:55:29.

is currently leading with two gone out of the six to jump for the

:55:30.:55:36.

medals in Rio will stop the final individual

:55:37.:55:49.

He is an absolute mile of the second fence but he has cleared that. He

:55:50.:56:16.

has gone on a terrific very tight angle onto the vertical. He landed

:56:17.:56:27.

on the corner. This horse has been jumping brilliantly all week. He

:56:28.:56:37.

needs to be heard in 28.8. He has hit a fence. It has really put the

:56:38.:56:47.

pressure on these other riders. That has gone as well. It is two down.

:56:48.:56:57.

Sheikh Ali Al Thani, the Qatar team riding, riding as an individual. He

:56:58.:57:01.

will not get a medal but he will deserve the applause he is getting.

:57:02.:57:08.

He gave it absolutely everything, Sheikh Ali Al Thani. He tried his

:57:09.:57:13.

best. He went for that. Did not quite happen for him. It shows you

:57:14.:57:20.

know that with Nick Skelton going first, with that fast, clear round,

:57:21.:57:23.

these riders are under pressure to beat it. The next three are the real

:57:24.:57:34.

dangers. Kent Farrington to go first then Derick Petersen. America,

:57:35.:57:36.

Sweden and Canada for the medals. This probably is the biggest danger.

:57:37.:57:59.

They are all dangerous at the stage. This man is so dangerous against the

:58:00.:58:03.

clock, he lost to gallop and he is fearless, he will not hold back.

:58:04.:58:16.

That time to remind you that leads at the moment, 42.82. It has to be

:58:17.:58:25.

cleared to beat Nick Skelton. HAZEL IRVINE: you are watching a

:58:26.:58:41.

jumpoff for the medals in the individual show-jumping in Rio. Nick

:58:42.:58:45.

Skelton is one of six competitors, he's the only man clear so far. This

:58:46.:58:50.

is the fourth competitor, Kent Farrington of the United States. The

:58:51.:58:56.

coverage continues on BBC One. For those of you watching on BBC Two, up

:58:57.:59:00.

the likely I would ask you to reach for the remote control and join us

:59:01.:59:04.

on the other site for the continuation of this jumpoff.

:59:05.:59:15.

Kent Farrington had the first fence down and he is flying. It will not

:59:16.:59:21.

beat Nick Skelton because he hit the foot fist. -- had to be first fence.

:59:22.:59:27.

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