By David LeggatNew Zealand will jump for a gold medal when the three-day equestrian event concludes at the Rio Olympics. The fourth New Zealand team member, Tim Price, was eliminated on the cross country. Australia are in the gold medal position with 150.30 penalty points, New Zealand are on 154.80 with France on 161.0 and the favoured Germans in fourth on 172.8. If Australia drop a collective two rails and New Zealand's three remaining riders, Mark Todd, Clarke Johnstone and Jonelle Price, have clear rounds, they will win the team gold medal. But he recalled the words of team mate Jonelle Price 24 hours earlier: "it's called three-day eventing for a reason."

Source: New Zealand Herald August 08, 2016 18:16 UTC