Andrew Hoy turned Australia’s oldest Olympic medalist on the age of 62 after successful a silver medal on the equestrian eventing crew.
Hours later, Hoy gained bronze within the particular person eventing occasion. The eight-time Olympian, accompanied by his teammates Shane Rose and Kevin McNab, completed second within the crew occasion behind Nice Britain and simply forward of France.
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Hoy’s Olympic medal complete now stands at six: three gold, two silver and one bronze.
Extremely, he made his Olympic Video games debut in 1984 and competed in a report eighth Video games.
Australia began the final day of the eventing 17.90 factors behind Nice Britain and 0.90 forward of France. McNab had a transparent spherical on Don Quidam in 77.76 seconds – 1.24 seconds within the allotted time. He was adopted by Rose, who acquired a four-point penalty aboard Virgil.
This left Hoy little room for error because the crew anchor, however he received via it beneath strain and aboard his horse Vassily De Lassos.
The ultimate factors tally for the medalists had been Nice Britain (86.30 factors), Australia (100.20) and France (101.50).
Hoy additionally turned the longest-serving particular person Olympic medalist since Swedish marksman Oscar Swahn in 1912.
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