- Maher wins six-rider jump-off ahead of Swede Peder Fredicson
- GB retain title won by Nick Skelton in Rio in 2016
Great Britain’s Ben Maher produced a fast and fearless performance to secure showjumping gold on Explosion W in a jump-off at Tokyo Equestrian Park on Wednesday.
An astonishingly quick round by Maher and Explosion – they finished the course in 37.85sec – pipped the Swedish rider Peder Fredricson to the top spot by 17 hundredths of a second. The Netherlands’ Maikel van der Vleuten finished in bronze position.