Canada’s Lamaze Wins Jumping Gold

HONG KONG (AP)—Eric Lamaze of Canada rode Hickstead to the individual gold medal in Olympic equestrian jumping on Thursday, winning a timed jump-off over Rolf-Goran Bengtsson of Sweden, who took silver on Ninja.

U.S. rider Beezie Madden, riding Authentic, beat six other riders in another timed jump-off for the bronze.

Earlier in the week, the U.S. team won gold in team jumping and Canada won the silver.

“It’s our week,” said Lamaze. “This makes the team medal all the sweeter. It’s going to take awhile for the moment to sink in.”

In the first of the two main rounds, 10 riders had clean rides, but Lamaze and Bengtsson were the only riders to finish both rounds without a fault. That set up the jump-off to decide the gold medalist. More...

Van Grunsven Wins Gold Again in Olympic Dressage

HONG KONG (AP)—Anky van Grunsven of The Netherlands held off a familiar foe Tuesday to win her third straight gold medal in Olympic equestrian individual dressage.

Van Grunsven scored 82.4 percent in the Grand Prix Freestyle on Salinero, also her partner in 2004 in Athens. That score, combined with her total in the Grand Prix Special test on Saturday, gave her a final average of 78.68 percent.

Germany’s Isabell Werth finished with a final average of 76.65 percent for silver. More...

Four Team Jumping Horses Suspended for Doping

HONG KONG (AP)—Four horses in the Olympic equestrian team jumping competition, including one from Norway’s bronze-medal team, have been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned pain reliever.

The drug test results—positive for capsaicin in each case—were announced Thursday afternoon by the sport’s international governing body. More...