Team USA’s Kent Farrington laid down a clear round over the individual final Round A to tie with a dozen other riders for the lead heading into round B of the final.
Chronicle reporters will be doing a round-by-round live blog reporting in real-time what happens with each rider as they battle it out for individual medals.
Thirty-four year old Michael Jung has smashed record after record, dominating the sport to become the first simultaneous World, Olympic and European champion. So it came as no major surprise when the German juggernot earned his second consecutive individual gold medal, only the third eventer to ever win back-to-back individual gold in Olympic competition.