Having struck gold twice at London 2012 and with a silver already secured following the team event in Brazil, Dujardin scored an impressive 93.857 in the freestyle event to win ahead of Isabell Werth of Germany.
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Charlotte Dujardin has become Team GB’s latest gold medal victor after she won the individual dressage event at the Rio Olympics. Another German rider, Kristina Broring-Sprehe, took the bronze medal.
Dujardin become Team GB’s 16th gold medal victor in Rio.
American Laura Graves, a former hair stylist riding a horse she trained herself, came in fourth, meaning the top dressage scores were claimed by women in an Olympic event in which they compete against men.
The 31-year-old was full of praise with her horse Valegro, whom she also rode to glory in London, following the competition. “I’ve gone out there and Valegro has given me everything”, Dujardin subsequently told the BBC. Today I felt a huge amount of pressure and expectation.
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“It could be one of the last rides on Valegro.so for me to finish it in this way, it’s a really emotional time”. “I’m so happy”, she enthused.
