Team GB canter to THIRD gold medal of the day as showjumping team add to fantastic Friday at Paris Olympic Games
TEAM GB have claimed a THIRD gold medal of the day in the team showjumping.
Ben Maher and Harry Charles gave Scott Brash the opportunity to seal victory with the final run of the event and he did so with aplomb.
GB also avoided knocking any fences down across the entire competition.
USA took silver, with hosts France having to settle for bronze.
The latest GB gold comes after rowers Emily Craig and Imogen Grant kicked off the medal influx by triumphing in the women's lightweight double sculls.
The duo, unbeaten since the last Olympics, raced to a dominant victory as Romania and Greece bagged silver and bronze.
Bryony Page then followed that up with another gold for GB as she clinched glory on the trampoline.
She had previously won silver in Rio and bronze in Tokyo.
The showjumping triumph then made it nine golds for Team GB after a sensational few hours in Paris.
It is also GB's third Olympic gold in team showjumping following their triumphs in 1952 and 2012.
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Maher jumped clear with one time penalty, before Charles added a perfect round and Brash jumped clear, with one time penalty which was good enough for gold.
Maher won individual gold in Tokyo three years ago, while both he and Brash were members of the team that secured gold in 2012.
It is a first Olympic medal for Charles, whose father Peter was also in the London squad.
The showjumping gold saw GB leap up to third in the medal table and level with second-place USA on nine gold medals.
China remain top on 12, with hosts France fourth on eight.