Canada's Lamaze wins jumping gold
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.
Equestrian
Why are equestrian events taking place in Hong Kong? What's the difference between dressage, jumping and eventing? How are the saddles different for each discipline? This AP interactive has the answers to all your questions about the sport of equestrian.
AP Interactives
OLYMPICS_DOLY_EQU Headlines
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- Olympic riders seek funding for costly sport
- Van Grunsven wins gold again in Olympic dressage
- Jumpoff decides team show jumping medal
- US wins team jumping gold
- US, Swiss riders lead show jumping
- Werth, van Grunsven battle for dressage medals
- Hong Kong, Chinese riders thrill crowd
- Germany rides for redemption after 2004 incident
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NBC replay: Equestrian jumping final
Relive NBC's coverage of the individual jumping final, won by Canada's Eric Lamaze in a jump-off over Sweden's Rolf-Goran Bengtsson. American Beezie Madden took bronze.
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Jumping: Angelique Hoorn rides
Watch the Netherlands' Angelique Hoorn ride in the jumping final.
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Jumping: Beezie Madden wins bronze
Watch American Beezie Madden ride to a bronze medal.
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Jumping: Laura Kraut's rides
Watch American Laura Kraut's rides on Cedric during the jumping competition.
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Jumping: Brazil's Camila Benedicto
Watch the rides of Brazil's Camila Benedicto.
| Medal Count | ||||
| Equestrian | ||||
| G | S | B | Total | |
| AFG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ANG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Full Medals Table | ||||
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