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Chris Burton has paid tribute to wife Bek after his return to the treacherous world of eventing paid off with Olympic silver. The 42-year-old Australian, a team eventing bronze medallist at Rio 2016, ditched his show jumping speciality for another shot at eventing — on a loaned British horse he has only been riding for five months. British rider Ben Hobday, believing he had no chance of making the Olympics himself, convinced Burton to take “the best horse in the world” Shadow Man.
” Burton was third overnight after the dressage and cross country but moved into the silver position after the show jumping qualifying round when they had a clear round fractionally outside the time limit. Then on a blazingly hot afternoon against the majestic backdrop of the Chateau de Versailles, the fledgling combination cleared all 12 fences in the finale.
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